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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Mamas, martyr of Kaisareia/Caesarea of Cappadocia

Saint ID

S00436

Number in BH

BHG 1017z, 1019-1019q

Reported Death Not Before

270

Reported Death Not After

275

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Peasants and labourers, Children
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00719Basil of Caesarea delivers his Homily 23 on *Mamas (martyr of Caesarea, S00436) on the martyr’s festival at his shrine in Kaisareia/Caesarea (central Asia Minor), mentioning various miracles; the feast coincides with the New Lord’s Day (first Sunday after Easter). Written in Greek in Caesarea in the 370s.
E00817Basil of Caesarea, in his Letter 176 of 374, invites Amphilochios, bishop of Ikonion/Iconium, to visit Kaisareia/Caesarea of Cappadocia (both central Asia Minor), in order to attend local festivals of unnamed martyrs, held on 2 and 5 September. Written in Greek at Kaisareia.
E00821Basil of Caesarea, in his Letter 202 of 375, to Amphilochios of Ikonion/Iconium, reports that, though ill, he paid a visit by carriage to shrines of martyrs near Kaisareia/Caesarea of Cappadocia (central Asia Minor). Written in Greek at Kaisareia.
E00912Gregory of Nazianzus, in his Oration 44, On the New Lord's Day, refers to the festival of the martyr *Mamas (S00436) held in Kaisareia/Caesarea of Cappadocia (central Asia Minor) on the first Sunday after Easter. Composed and delivered in Greek in Cappadocia, in 370s or early 380s.
E01026Greek epitaph for a person who had built an oratory of *Mamas (probably the martyr of Kaisareia/Caesarea in Cappadocia, S00436). Found at Limnai near Sasima and Nazianzus, to the south-west of Kaisareia/Caesarea (Cappadocia, central Asia Minor). Probably late antique.
E01070Label of a tomb apparently owned by a church of *Mamas (probably the martyr of Kaisareia/Caesarea in Cappadocia, S00436) and a certain saint *Makedonios. Found at Korykos/Corycus (Cilicia, south-east Asia Minor). Probably late 5th or 6th c.
E02741Gregory of Nazianzus, in his First Oration against Julian, of 361/363, reports that the emperor Julian the Apostate and his brother, Gallus, built a shrine for martyrs during their youth; the work sponsored by Julian was miraculously rejected and destroyed. Written in Greek at Nazianzus (central Asia Minr).
E03202The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 21 June *Mamas (martyr of Kaisareia/Caesarea in Cappadocia, S00436).
E03274The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 14 July *Mamas (martyr of Kaisareia/Caesarea in Cappadocia, S00436) and *Tarasios (unidentified saint, S01496) and their companions.
E03390The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 2 October the Apostles *Peter (S00036), *Paul (S00008), *Thomas (S00199), *Philip (S00109), and *Andrew (S00288), *Isaiah (Old Testament prophet, S00282), *Zechariah (Old Testament prophet, S00283), *Mamas (martyr of Kaisareia/Caesarea in Cappadocia, S00436), *Theodore (soldier and martyr and Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480) and *Christophoros (martyr of Pamphylia, S00616), *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023), *Pantaleon (martyr of Nicomedia, S00596).
E03590Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History (5.2), reports that the emperor Julian the Apostate and his brother, Gallus, built a shrine at the tomb of the *Mamas (martyr of Caesarea, S00436) near Caesarea/Kaisareia of Cappadocia (central Asia Minor), in the 340s. The work sponsored by Julian was miraculously rejected and destroyed. Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/450.
E03853The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 2 September *Joshua (Old Testament leader of the Israelites, S00258), *Anthimos (bishop and martyr of Nicomedia, S00124), *Elisha (Old Testament prophet, S00239) and *Mamas (martyr of Kaisareia/Caesarea in Cappadocia, S00436).
E04883The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 16 July.
E04884The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 17 July.
E04922The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 17 August.
E05722John Malalas, in his Chronographia (14.43), mentions the shrine of *Mamas (martyr of Caesarea in Cappadocia, S00436) on the Bosphorus (close to Constantinople), where the emperor Leo I (r. 457-474) resided for six months after a disastrous fire in Constantinople in 469. Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the mid-6th c.
E05733John Malalas, in his Chronographia (16.16), within his account of naval confrontations between the emperor Anastasius and the rebellious general Vitalian in 515, mentions the shrines of *Thekla (martyr and companion of Paul, S00092) at Sykai, *Mamas (martyr of Kaisareia/Caesarea, S00436), and *Michael (the Archangel, S00181) at Sosthenion; all on the European shores of the Bosphorus, close to Constantinople. Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the mid-6th c.
E06487Baudonivia's Life of *Radegund (former queen and monastic founder, ob. 587, S00182), recounts the abbess' life, death, and miracles, detailing in particular her collection of relics, as well as wider cult activity in and around the city of Poitiers (western Gaul). Written in Latin at Poitiers, 587/613.
E07366The Greek Martyrdom of *Mamas (martyr of Kaisareia/Caesarea in Cappadocia, S00436) recounts the birth of Mamas in prison, his Christian upbringing, arrest, and martyrdom. The text, probably written in Caesarea in the 8th/9th century, is based on a martyrdom account dating from the 4th century.
E07926Theodosius, in his On the Topography of the Holy Land, lists a number cities and their saints in Asia Minor. Written in Latin, perhaps in Africa, 518/540.
E07984The Paschal Chronicle records that in 465 a major fire in Constantinople took place on the feast day of *Mamas (martyr of Kaisareia/Caesarea, Cappadocia, S00436). Written in Greek at Constantinople, c. 630.
E08221Baudonivia, in her Life of *Radegund (former queen and monastic founder, ob. 587, S00182), describes how a finger of *Mamas (presumably the martyr of Caesarea in Cappadocia, S00436) was obtained by the patriarch of Jerusalem for Radegund's monastery at Poitiers (western Gaul). Written in Latin at Poitiers, 587/613.