Menas of Egypt

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Menas of Egypt (285 – c. 309), variously spelled in different traditions, was an Egyptian Christian martyr and wonder-worker now regarded as one of the main Coptic saints due to the many miracles that have been attributed to his intercession and prayers. According to tradition, Menas was a Coptic soldier in the Roman army martyred because he refused to recant his Christian faith. His feast day is held on November 11 or its Egyptian equivalent, 15 Hathor, in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. As the Eastern and Coptic Orthodox churches largely continue to employ the Julian calendar, however, the commemoration is usually held 13 days later on what is reckoned November 24 in the Gregorian calendar.

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