Macra
legendary Christian martyred at Mont-d'Origny around 287 under the prefect Rictius Varus during the Diocletianic Persecution
Who they were
St Macra of Reims was an ancient Roman Christian woman from the city of Reims who was supposedly martyred in the year 287. According to legend, the emperors Diocletian and Maximian ordered the governor Rictius Varus to excise Christianity from Gaul. As part of this persecution, Varus supposedly attempted to torture the Christian woman Macra of Reims, although she refused to recant and reportedly—when asked to renounce Christianity—responded by declaring "Know, tyrant and child of the devil, it is not in the power of man to shake my faith." Varus then relocated her to Fismes, where he attempted to execute Macra via immolation, and thus he removed her clothing before tying her to a stake.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Nominis — Sainte Macre, martyre à Fismes (+v.287) — Martyred c.287 under the prefect Rictiovarus, as the page says; veneration at Fismes in the Reims diocese.
- Wikidata Q2554553 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Macra of Reims (CC BY-SA)
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