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Saint Rais
Egyptian saint
SaintRoman EgyptPre-congregation
Feast: 23 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
201
Died
303
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Rais, also known as Iris, Iraida, Irais, Herais or Rhais, is a martyr venerated by the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox churches.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
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.
Sources
- Nominis (Conference des eveques de France) - Sainte Raissa — Irais/Rais of Alexandria, Egyptian virgin martyr under Diocletian; Nominis keeps her on 5 September (the page says 23 September).
- Wikidata Q7402120 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Rais (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.