Mamica of Gothia

Holy Martyr Mamica of Gothia is one of the Gothic martyrs who suffered around 375, in the time of the king Ungerich, a persecutor of Christians. With her are commemorated the presbyters Vathusius and Verk, the monk Arpila, the laymen Abibus, Agnus, Reas, Igathrax, Iscon, Silas, Sigic, Sonirilas, Suimbalus, Fermus, Fillus, Constans and the prince Agathon, as well as the martyrs Anna, Alla, Larissa, Moico, Mamica, Uirko, Animais (Animaida), Gaatha, queen of the Goths, and Duclida, princess of the Goths.

The king ordered the church to be set afire during the service. In the flames three hundred and eight people perished, of whom the names of twenty-⁠one martyrs are known. Alla, the widow of the Gothic king, with her daughter Duclida, gathered the remains of the holy martyrs and took them to Syria. Then she returned to her homeland, where after a time she was stoned and died a martyr together with her son Agathon. The relics of the holy martyrs stayed with Duclida, who in the time of Valentinian II and Theodosius the Great came to Cyzicus and gave a part of the relics for the consecration of a church. The death of the righteous Duclida was peaceful.

The page explains that the Goths were a group of Germanic tribes whose land stretched from the lower Vistula to the Black Sea. They lived mostly on the Danube, in present-⁠day Romania, and later spread over almost all of Europe. They are commemorated on 8 April, in the new style.