St Pancras was a Roman citizen who converted to Christianity, and was beheaded for his faith at the age of just 14 around the year 304. Some of his relics found their way to England, which is why many of the nation's churches are dedicated to this saint. St Pancras is normally invoked against cramp, false witness, headache, and perjury. He is a patron saint of children.

St Pancras is also the name of a place formerly in the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras and now in the London Borough of Camden.

It is now best known for its mainline railway station which will become the new terminus for the Eurostar services through the Channel Tunnel.

Nearest places:

• Bloomsbury
• Camden
• Clerkenwell
• Finsbury
• Holborn

Nearest tube station:

• King's Cross St. Pancras tube station

Nearest railway stations:

• King's Cross station
• St Pancras railway station