Martyr
Sanae
A martyr of Madaura in Numidia who suffered with Namphamo and Lucitas, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.
- Feast
- December 18old style December 31
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Madauros, Numidia
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Sanae was a martyr of Madaura in Numidia, put to death with Namphamo and Lucitas, among the first martyrs of Africa.
The Roman Martyrology commemorates him on 18 December, beside Namphamo, Miggin and Lucitas, as a martyr greatly venerated by the Christian people, as the pagan Maximus of Madauros testifies in a letter to Blessed Augustine. No account of his life or death survives.
Commemorated the same day December 18
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