Mamertus

Mamertus (died c. 475) was the bishop of Vienne in Gaul, venerated as a saint. His primary contribution to ecclesiastical practice was the introduction of litanies prior to Ascension Day as an intercession against earthquakes and other disasters, leading to "Rogation Days." His feast day is the first of the Ice Saints.

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Died: ca. 474
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Claudiani Mamerti Opera
Clavdiani Mamerti Opera

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Saint.honorific_prefix: Saint
Saint.name: Mamertus
Saint.death_date: AD 475
Saint.feast_day: 11 May
Saint.venerated_in: Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint.image: Mammertus.JPG
Saint.imagesize: 275px
Saint.caption: An engraving of Saint Mamertus from an 1878 book, Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints
Saint.death_place: Arles, Western Roman Empire

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Image: Mamertus von Vienne.jpg

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Commons category: Saint Mamertus
date of birth: 0400-00-00
name in native language: Mamert de Vienne
date of death: 0475-00-00

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== Life == Prior to his elevation to the see of Vienne, little has been recorded about Mamertus' life. The fact that his brother, Claudianus Mamertus, the theological writer, received in his youth a sound training in rhetoric, and enjoyed the personal acquaintance of Bishop Eucherius of Lyons (434-50), suggests that the brothers belonged to a wealthy Gallic family from the neighbourhood of Lyons. Like his brother, St Mamertus was distinguished for his secular learning as well as theology, and, before his elevation to the episcopate, appears to have been married.