These included the relics of saint Odulfus for the St. Salvator Church and relics of saints Agnes and Pontian for the St. Martin's Church.
Dewan Tan Sri Mahfuz Khalid located at Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) Headquarters in Jalan Sultan Salahuddin, Kuala Lumpur and Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Datuk Ali Haji Ahmad (SMK DAHA) at Pontian, Johor were named after two of the 100 plane crash victims.
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Arshak II was named in honor of his Parthian, Pontian and Armenian ancestors who ruled with this name as King, in particular he was named in honor of Arshak I, also known as Arsaces I, the founder of the Arsacid Parthian dynasty and the first ruler of the Parthian Empire.
Arshak III was named in honor of his late paternal grandfather; his Parthian, Pontian and Armenian ancestors who ruled with this name as King.
His sons were made Pontian kings for a time after his death, by Roman triumvir Mark Antony.
Martyrs of Catania (Stephen, Pontian, Attalus, Fabian, Cornelius, Sextus, Flos, Quintian, Minervinus and Simplician) (Feast Day: Dec 31), martyrs in Catania, Sicily
Xiphares (ca. 85 BC – 65 BC) was a Pontian Greek prince, who was the son King Mithridates VI of Pontus from his concubine and later wife, Stratonice of Pontus.