He also acquired the reputation of a wonder-worker because his prayers seemed to help childless couples have a child. [2] Even after his death, the people of Paphlagonia believed that he could cure ...

Candara or Kandara was a town of ancient Paphlagonia, inhabited from Achaemenid through Roman times. Stephanus of Byzantium writes that it was "in Paphlagonia, three schoeni from Gangra, and a village ...

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Saint Mammas was from Gangra of Paphlagonia. He was born in prison, where his parents were suffering for Christ's sake and ended their lives. He was named Mammas because, after he had long remained ...