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Pome
Gallic nun
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 27 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
250
Died
300
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Poma was the sister of Saint Memmius (in French "Memmie de Châlons") who is venerated as the first bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne (present-day Châlons-en-Champagne) in France. She lived in the late third century.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Connected on this site
- Memmius Saint Brother or sister
Sources
- santiebeati.it — Santa Poma — santiebeati index entry 99220: ‘Santa Poma | Vergine | III-IV sec. | festa 27 giugno’ — matches the 27 June feast and the 3rd-4th century Gaulish nun on the record.
- Wikidata Q18222028 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Poma (CC BY-SA)
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