The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

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

Name

Miggin, Sanam, Namphamon and Lucitas, African martyrs, probably of Madaura

Saint ID

S02917

Reported Death Not Before

180

Reported Death Not After

180

Gender

Male
Female

Type of Saint

Martyrs

Related Evidence Records

ID	Title
E04883	The 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.
E05055	The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 18 December.
E08310	Maximus of Madaura (Numidia, central North Africa), a pagan grammarian, and Augustine, then already a Christian (and possibly already a presbyter at Hippo), correspond on the cult rendered by the Christians to the saints (Augustine, Letters 16 and 17); Maximus expresses his horror that four saints, *Miggin, Sanam, Namphamon and Lucitas (African martyrs, probably of Madaura, S02917) receive more veneration than the pagan gods. Written in Latin, in central North Africa, c. 390.