Saint Poma
Bishop
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
FeastJune 27

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.[1] She lived in the late third century.[2]

Saint Poma's feast day is 27 June.[2]

Her remains are interred in the Basilica of Saint Memmius in Saint-Memmie, France,[3] near those of her brother and four other men who succeeded him as bishop in Châlons.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Alban Butler, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints (J. Duffy, 1866), page 103.
  2. 1 2 "Pome", Wikipédia (in French), 2015-05-29, retrieved 2019-11-27
  3. ↑ "Église Saint-Memmie de Saint-Memmie", Wikipédia (in French), 2019-06-22, retrieved 2019-11-27
  4. ↑ "saintpatrickdc.org". saintpatrickdc.org. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  5. ↑ "Memmie de Châlons", Wikipédia (in French), 2019-06-25, retrieved 2019-11-27


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