Saint Mamas was hospitable to the soldiers who came to arrest him, giving them some milk to drink, beause they thought he was a shepherd.
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When they realised the name of Saint Mamas, they told him the Emperor wanted to capture him. So Saint Mamas told the soldiers to go on ahead and he would follow. The soldiers waited at the gates of the city for Saint Mamas, who met them there accompanied by a lion, surrendering himself into the hands of the torturers.
