For the Florentine saint see Minias of Florence.Saint Menas (also Minas Mina Mena Mennas) (285 – c. 309) the Martyr and Wonder-worker is one of the most well-known Egyptian saints in the East and the West due to the many miracles that are attributed to his intercession and prayers. Menas was an Egyptian soldier in the Roman army martyred because he refused to recant his Christian faith.
birth date
0285-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Egypt
death date
0309-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death place
Anatolia, Phrygia, Cotyaes
major shrine
Church of Saint Menas (Cairo), Lake Mariout, Egypt, Monastery of Saint Mina
title
Martyr and Wonderworker
venerated in
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, Catholic Church
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