PUDENS pū’ dĕnz (Πούδης, G4545; Lat. Pudens, modest, bashful). A Christian in Rome named with Eubulus, Linus, and Claudia as sending greetings to Timothy (2 Tim 4:21). Neither Pudens or those named with him appear elsewhere in the NT. They were new friends of the apostle.

The Lat. poet Martial in his Epigrams (I, 31; IV. 13, 29; V. 48; VI. 58; VII. 11, 97) mentions a friend named Pudens with his wife Claudia who was of British birth. Much learned labor has been expended to establish their identity with the Pudens and Claudia of 2 Timothy, but the identification is very doubtful. Pudens is commemorated in the Byzantine Church on April 14, and in the Roman Church on May 19.