Saint Mamas
![[painting of Saint Mamas]](stm31002.jpg "47kb jpg detail from 'Saint Mammas and Duke Alexander' by Jean Cousin the Elder, 1541, tapestry, Musée du Louvre, Paris; please do not write to ask about the image")
- Also known as
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Mammas
Mamans
- Memorial
- 17 August
- Profile
- Shepherd.
Preached to the animals in the fields; they gathered around to hear the good news, and a lion stayed with him as a protector.
The lion accompanied him when he was examined in the persecutions of Aurelian.
Martyr.
- Died
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c.275 in Cappadocia
relics translated to Langres, France in the 8th century
- Patronage
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guardians
Langres cathedral
orphans
torture victims
- Images
- Gallery of images of Saint Mamas
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Google Directory
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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