Saint Sarah
Saint Sarah, also called Sara e Kali (Sara the Black) is a patron saint of the Romani people of Catholicism Faith. She was born in the 1st century into a family of Indian Saint Thomas Christians of South India who went as Merchants to Roman Egypt.[1][2] According to legends, Saint Sarah sailed from Egypt to France in a boat with the Three Marys. Her day of honour is on May 24.[3]
Saint Sarah Media
Lorenzo Monaco, The Three Marys at the Tomb
Interior of the Church of the Saintes Maries de la Mer
Ritual bath during the Romani pilgrimage of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.
References
- ↑ Salomon, Richard. Epigraphic Remains of Indian Traders in Egypt. Journal of the American Oriental Society 111 (4) (1991). p. 731–736. doi:10.2307/603404.
- ↑ South Indians in Roman Egypt? (22 April 2010).
- ↑ Sara-la-Kâli - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon.