# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/saint-sarah
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:29:44.391Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/saint-sarah"
name: "Saint Sarah"
slug: "saint-sarah"
description: "She's the patron saint of the Romani people, venerated in folk practice but never canonized by Rome — a figure whose name echoes both the Hindu goddess Kali and a legendary servant who arrived in southern France with the Three Marys."
tagline: "French-Egyptian saint"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Statue_de_Sainte-Sara.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Egypt"
  isoCode: "EG"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "100"
deathDate: "100"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           59.43
  momentum:             5.159551715287878
  historical:           22.67584
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  192
  category: 237
tags:
  - name: "Religious Figures"
    slug: "religious-figures"
  - name: "Religious Figure"
    slug: "religious-figure"
  - name: "Religion"
    slug: "religion"
  - name: "Egypt"
    slug: "egypt"
  - name: "Africa"
    slug: "africa"
  - name: "Ancient History"
    slug: "ancient-history"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Sarah"
    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238261"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Saint%20Sarah"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_la_Negra"
    title: "Sara la Negra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svat%C3%A1_S%C3%A1ra"
    title: "Svatá Sára"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorte_Sarah"
    title: "Sorte Sarah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarze_Sara"
    title: "Schwarze Sara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%A3%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B1"
    title: "Αγία Σάρα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_de_Marsella"
    title: "Sara de Marsella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musta_Saara"
    title: "Musta Saara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_la_noire"
    title: "Sara la noire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%94"
    title: "שרה הקדושה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_Sara"
    title: "Kali Sara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Sarah"
    title: "Santa Sarah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_la_Nera"
    title: "Sara la Nera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A9_(%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AA)"
    title: "サラ (カリ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AC%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90"
    title: "წმინდა სარა"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EB%9D%BC_(%ED%94%84%EB%9E%91%EC%8A%A4)"
    title: "사라 (프랑스)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Света Сара"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Sarah"
    title: "Santa Sarah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwarte_Sara"
    title: "Zwarte Sara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_La_Kali"
    title: "Sara La Kali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Sara"
    title: "Santa Sara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Awi%C4%99ta_Sara"
    title: "Święta Sara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Kali"
    title: "Sara Kali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9"
    title: "القديسة سارة"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87"
    title: "متياس ساره"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Legend places Sarah as the servant of one of the Three Marys, arriving with them in the Camargue region of what is now southern France. Her veneration centers on Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, a pilgrimage site in the Camargue that draws Romani Catholics from across Europe. Known as Sara-la-Kâli — "Sara the Black" — her name carries a double resonance: it appears in the Durgasaptashati text as an appellation of the goddess Durga as Kali, a popular deity in northern India, the region from which the Romani people trace their origins. Despite widespread devotion in Romani communities, the Roman Catholic Church has never recognized her as a saint. She remains a figure of folk Catholicism, held in the gap between official doctrine and lived faith.