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posted on 2014-11-08, 00:00 authored by CSLA AdminAll evidence related to Menas, soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena.
History
Saint ID
S00073Gender
- Male
Type of Saint
MartyrsFeast Day
11/11Name in other Language(s)
Μηνᾶς, soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena - Greek (Original Alphabet) ⲙⲏⲛⲁⲥ - Coptic (Original Alphabet) ⲙⲏⲛⲁ - Coptic (Original Alphabet) ܡܐܢܐ - Syriac (Original Alphabet)Number in BH
BHO 745–750; BHG 1254-1269; BHL 5921-5924Death After
310Death Before
305Related Evidence Records
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05991_Coptic_ostracon_from_Deir_el-Bahari_Upper_Egypt_with_a_list_of_saints_or_rather_institutions_dedicated_to_saints_such_as_Mary_presumably_Mary_mother_of_Christ_S00033_Apa_Michael_presumably_the_Archangel_S00181_and_Apa_Biktor_possibly/13877405
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E02124_Greek_list_from_the_city_of_Oxyrhynchos_Middle_Egypt_presenting_churches_chapels_and_martyria_most_of_them_dedicated_to_saints_including_Serenos_Sirenos_probably_a_martyr_of_Oxyrhynchus_S00134_Anoup_presumably_the_saint_with_cult_at_/13815500
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13863530
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E06942_The_Greek_Martyrdom_of_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_buried_at_Abu_Mena_S00073_recounts_the_tale_of_the_pious_Egyptian_soldier_Menas_who_deserts_his_regiment_in_Kotyaion_central_Asia_Minor_in_order_to_avoid_participating_in_pagan_worship_/13909229
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07549_Sophronius_of_Jerusalem_in_his_Miracles_of_the_Saints_Cyrus_and_John_recounts_how_Kyros_and_Ioannes_Cyrus_and_John_physician_and_soldier_martyrs_of_Egypt_S00406_healed_from_a_monstrous_deformity_a_certain_boy_Menas_named_after_Menas_/13915049
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E02853_A_complex_of_warehouses_excavated_to_the_north_of_the_praetorium_in_Caesarea_Maritima_Roman_province_of_Palaestina_I_was_richly_decorated_with_religious_wall_paintings_showing_Christ_with_the_Apostles_S00084_and_probably_the_Three_Eg/13827845
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E03912_The_Church_Calendar_of_Ioane_Zosime_compiled_in_Georgian_in_the_10th_c_based_however_on_5th-7th_c_prototypes_from_Palestine_commemorates_on_31_October_Isaiah_Old_Testament_Prophet_S00282_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_of_Abu_Mena_S00073_an/13840682
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13856666
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13912565
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13911494
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13912478
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07696_Sophronius_of_Jerusalem_in_his_Miracles_of_the_Saints_Cyrus_and_John_recounts_how_Kyros_and_Ioannes_Cyrus_and_John_physician_and_soldier_martyrs_of_Egypt_S00406_healed_a_certain_Georgios_from_a_cataract_and_delivered_him_from_death_d/13918385
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01001_Two_Coptic_miracles_of_Apa_Mena_soldier_and_martyr_of_Abu_Mena_S00073_attributed_to_the_time_of_Damian_archbishop_of_Alexandria_576_605_concerned_with_the_building_of_his_shrine_and_the_celebration_of_his_feast_day_preserved_in_a_9th/13803392
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07452_The_late_4th_to_6th_century_collection_of_Miracles_of_Menas_soldier_martyr_of_Egypt_S00073_ascribed_to_Timothy_of_Alexandria_recounts_the_miraculous_healing_of_a_young_man_possessed_by_a_demon_Written_in_Greek_in_Alexandria_/13913972
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00206_Greek_Encomion_dedicated_to_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_venerated_at_Abu_Mena_S00073_composed_by_Dioskoros_of_Aphrodito_Upper_Egypt_datable_to_the_mid_6th_c_Skeleton_entry/13743367
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05713_John_Malalas_in_his_Chronographia_mentions_the_martyrdom_of_Menas_martyr_of_Egypt_S00073_under_Diocletian_r_284-305_Written_in_Greek_at_Antioch_Syria_or_Constantinople_in_the_mid-6th_c_/13873844
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00209_Greek_list_of_payments_on_a_wooden_lid_from_Kynopolis_Middle_Egypt_mentioning_a_presbyter_of_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_buried_at_Abu_Mena_S00073_datable_to_the_7th_8th_c_/13743427
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13912496
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E04286_Greek_private_letter_of_unknown_Egyptian_provenance_mentioning_a_shrine_topos_dedicated_to_Menas_presumably_the_soldier_and_martyr_of_Abu_Mena_S00073_datable_to_the_5th_century_/13857740
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13912607
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07454_A_probably_Middle_Byzantine_collection_of_five_miracles_of_Menas_soldier_martyr_of_Egypt_S00073_offers_a_summary_version_of_the_first_five_stories_of_the_Miracles_of_Menas_ascribed_to_Timothy_of_Alexandria_see_E07440_/13913990
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07446_The_late_4th_to_6th_century_collection_of_Miracles_of_Menas_soldier_martyr_of_Egypt_S00073_ascribed_to_Timothy_of_Alexandria_recounts_the_story_of_the_miraculous_rescue_from_rape_of_a_Samaritan_woman_who_was_travelling_to_the_shrine_/13913900
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E03427_The_Georgian_version_of_the_Lectionary_of_Jerusalem_composed_in_Greek_in_the_seventh_century_and_translated_in_the_eighth_commemorates_on_12_November_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_of_Abu_Mena_S00073_/13834961
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E02044_Floor-mosaic_with_a_Greek_inscription_commemorating_the_completion_of_a_church_naos_dedicated_to_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_of_Abu_Mena_S00073_and_its_paving_with_a_mosaic_Found_at_Rih_b_between_Bostra_and_Gerasa_Jerash_Jordan_the_Roma/13813835
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E03729_The_Church_Calendar_of_Ioane_Zosime_compiled_in_Georgian_in_the_10th_c_based_however_on_5th-7th_c_prototypes_from_Palestine_commemorates_on_4_May_Silvanos_from_Gaza_tetrarchic_martyr_in_Palestine_S00193_and_his_students_and_Pelagia_o/13838525
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00208_Greek_tax_account_from_Hermopolis_Middle_Egypt_mentioning_a_street_named_after_Euphemia_presumably_the_martyr_of_Chalcedon_S00017_and_a_street_named_after_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_buried_at_Abu_Mena_S00073_as_well_as_another_street_n/13796090
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07444_The_late_4th_to_6th_century_collection_of_Miracles_of_Menas_soldier_martyr_of_Egypt_S00073_ascribed_to_Timothy_of_Alexandria_recounts_the_story_of_the_miraculous_uncovering_of_a_Christian_s_fraud_who_attempted_to_seize_an_amount_of_m/13913882
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00162_Greek_writing_exercise_of_the_6th_7th_c_from_Egypt_mentioning_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_of_Abu_Mena_S00073_/13742569
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13912598
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E06819_Coptic_funerary_stela_presumably_from_Sinnuris_in_the_Fayum_invoking_a_long_list_of_saints_among_them_the_martyrs_Viktor_son_of_Romanos_S00749_Phoibammon_soldier_and_martyr_of_Assiut_S00080_George_soldier_and_martyr_S00259_and_Menas_/13908149
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13912586
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00164_Greek_Calendar_of_Church_Services_to_be_performed_at_different_churches_in_Oxyrhynchus_Middle_Egypt_from_the_end_of_October_to_the_end_of_March_of_the_years_535_536_providing_information_on_the_names_of_many_churches_and_on_the_saint/13795856
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13875221
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07448_The_late_4th_to_6th_century_collection_of_Miracles_of_Menas_soldier_martyr_of_Egypt_S00073_ascribed_to_Timothy_of_Alexandria_recounts_the_story_of_the_miraculous_uncovering_of_the_theft_of_a_sheep_committed_by_a_rich_pagan_man_agains/13913930
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07453_The_late_4th_to_6th_century_collection_of_Miracles_of_Menas_soldier_martyr_of_Egypt_S00073_ascribed_to_Timothy_of_Alexandria_recounts_the_miraculous_punishment_of_a_poor_man_who_kept_stealing_pigs_from_the_shrine_s_sty_Written_in_Gre/13913981
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07308_Greek_building_inscription_mentioning_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_buried_at_Abu_Mena_S00073_Found_at_Nazleh_near_Polydeukeia_Fayum_Egypt_Probably_the_end_of_the_7th_the_beginning_of_the_8th_c_/13912577
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13912505
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00709_Greek_inscription_from_Anazarbos_Cilicia_south-eastern_Asia_Minor_with_a_poem_commemorating_the_restoration_of_a_picture_of_Menas_probably_the_soldier_and_martyr_of_Abu_Mena_S00073_perhaps_in_the_apse_of_a_local_church_funded_by_an_u/13758931
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13912619
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07450_The_late_4th_to_6th_century_collection_of_Miracles_of_Menas_soldier_martyr_of_Egypt_S00073_ascribed_to_Timothy_of_Alexandria_recounts_the_story_of_a_pagan_who_vowed_to_dedicate_a_horse_both_to_Menas_and_his_pagan_god_but_the_animal_w/13913951
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07445_The_late_4th_to_6th_century_collection_of_Miracles_of_Menas_soldier_martyr_of_Egypt_S00073_ascribed_to_Timothy_of_Alexandria_recounts_the_story_of_the_miraculous_healing_of_a_crippled_man_and_a_mute_woman_The_saint_instructed_the_for/13913891
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13911434
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13912559
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07003_The_Latin_Notitia_Urbis_Constantinopolitanae_Record_of_the_City_of_Constantinople_records_among_the_principal_churches_inside_the_walls_of_Constantinople_the_shrines_of_Menas_probably_the_soldier_and_martyr_buried_at_Abu_Mena_S00073_/13909673
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00163_Greek_lease_from_Herakleopolis_Middle_Egypt_mentioning_a_church_of_Apa_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_of_Abu_Mena_S00073_dated_29_March_604_/13742590
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13912628
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13912532
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00207_Greek_petition_from_Aphrodito_Upper_Egypt_of_the_year_547_including_the_signature_of_a_presbyter_of_the_church_of_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_buried_at_Abu_Mena_S00073_/13743394
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00741_Greek_list_from_the_city_of_Oxyrhynchos_Middle_Egypt_presenting_festal_payments_expected_from_various_churches_and_shrines_most_of_them_dedicated_to_saints_including_Stephen_the_First_Martyr_S00030_Ioustos_Justus_soldier_and_martyr_o/13759675
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00161_Two_Coptic_documents_from_the_Theban_area_of_Upper_Egypt_testifying_to_a_monastery_and_clergy_of_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_of_Abu_Mena_S00073_datable_to_the_7th_8th_c_/13795841
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07447_The_late_4th_to_6th_century_collection_of_Miracles_of_Menas_soldier_martyr_of_Egypt_S00073_ascribed_to_Timothy_of_Alexandria_recounts_the_story_of_the_miraculous_rescue_from_a_crocodile_of_man_who_was_travelling_to_the_shrine_as_a_pi/13913918
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07442_The_late_4th_to_6th_century_collection_of_Miracles_of_Menas_soldier_martyr_of_Egypt_S00073_ascribed_to_Timothy_of_Alexandria_recounts_the_story_of_the_miraculous_rescue_of_the_servant_of_a_man_who_had_promised_to_dedicate_a_silver_pl/13913852
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13913393
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07449_The_late_4th_to_6th_century_collection_of_Miracles_of_Menas_soldier_martyr_of_Egypt_S00073_ascribed_to_Timothy_of_Alexandria_recounts_the_miraculous_reclaiming_by_the_saint_of_a_camel_which_had_been_promised_to_him_as_a_gift_by_a_man/13913939
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01221_Coptic_Martyrdom_of_Apa_Mena_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_of_Abu_Mena_S00073_presenting_him_as_a_native_Egyptian_from_Nepaiat_in_the_Mariotes_district_serving_in_the_regiment_Loutouriakon_The_account_includes_the_return_of_his_bones_to_E/13805633
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13912637
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13912523
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00512_The_Piacenza_Pilgrim_records_his_visit_to_the_sanctuary_at_Abu_Mena_Lower_Egypt_of_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_buried_at_Abu_Mena_S00073_renowned_for_its_miracles_Account_of_an_anonymous_pilgrim_written_in_Latin_probably_in_Placentia_no/13748494
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E04285_Greek_scribal_exercise_from_unknown_Egyptian_provenance_using_the_name_of_Menas_presumably_the_soldier_and_martyr_celebrated_at_Abu_Mina_S00073_datable_to_the_6th_7th_century_/13857728
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E03415_The_early_seventh-century_Georgian_version_of_the_Lectionary_of_Jerusalem_commemorates_on_31_October_Isaiah_Old_Testament_Prophet_S00282_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_of_Abu_Mena_S00073_and_Phokas_possibly_the_martyr_of_Antioch_S00413_/13834874
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E03923_The_Church_Calendar_of_Ioane_Zosime_compiled_in_Georgian_in_the_10th_c_based_however_on_5th-7th_c_prototypes_from_Palestine_commemorates_on_11_November_Viktor_and_Stephanis_martyrs_of_Damascus_S01630_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_of_Abu_M/13840811
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E04420_Procopius_of_Caesarea_in_his_On_Buildings_reports_that_the_emperor_Justinian_r_527-565_built_or_restored_shrines_in_Constantinople_to_the_following_martyrs_Tryphon_martyr_of_Nikaia_Nicaea_S00439_Menas_and_Menaios_martyrs_venerated_at/13858820
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E04366_Coptic_document_from_Jeme_Upper_Egypt_concerning_the_sale_of_property_mentioning_a_presbyter_of_an_establishment_dedicated_to_Apa_Mena_soldier_and_martyr_of_Abu_Mena_S00073_among_the_witnesses_datable_to_the_middle_of_the_8th_century/13858358
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01379_Greek_inscription_with_a_request_for_the_intercession_of_Mary_Mother_of_Christ_S00033_as_the_God-Bearer_and_of_a_saint_whose_name_is_lost_Found_near_Eleutherna_central-west_Crete_Probably_5th_c_/13806947
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13912646
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E03270_The_early_seventh-century_Georgian_version_of_the_Lectionary_of_Jerusalem_commemorates_on_10_July_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_of_Abu_Mena_S00073_/13833179
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13912550
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07443_The_late_4th_to_6th_c_collection_of_Miracles_of_Menas_soldier_martyr_of_Egypt_S00073_ascribed_to_Timothy_of_Alexandria_recounts_the_story_of_the_miraculous_rescue_of_a_woman_from_rape_She_was_travelling_alone_to_the_shrine_and_visite/13913870
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07510_Latin_inscriptions_commemorating_the_deposition_of_the_relics_of_martyrs_Menas_S00073_and_Sebastianus_S00400_Henchir_Fallous_Africa_Proconsularis_North_Africa_AD_550-698_/13914599
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13912487
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- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05973_Coptic_ostracon_from_Deir_el-Bahari_Upper_Egypt_with_a_guarantee_for_the_good_service_of_a_new_deacon_of_a_church_of_Apa_Mena_presumably_the_soldier_and_martyr_celebrated_at_Abu_Mena_S00073_datable_around_the_year_600_/13948064
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- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E03796_The_Church_Calendar_of_Ioane_Zosime_compiled_in_Georgian_in_the_10th_century_based_however_on_5th-7th_c_prototypes_from_Palestine_commemorates_on_10_July_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_of_Abu_Mena_S00073_and_the_Forty-five_martyrs_of_Nikop/13839335
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01302_Coptic_funerary_inscription_from_Bawit_Middle_Egypt_with_a_long_invocation_to_a_large_number_of_saints_including_the_Archangels_Michael_S00181_and_Gabriel_S00192_Mary_Mother_of_Christ_S00033_Adam_and_Zoe_Eve_S00772_the_Apostles_S0008/13806377
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- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13908764
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13912541
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01514_The_early_5th_c_Syriac_Martyrology_commemorates_on_12_June_the_martyrdom_of_M_nios_perhaps_the_martyr_buried_at_Abu_Mena_S00073_or_the_martyr_of_Laodikeia_S01051_Papias_martyr_S01046_Matthew_martyr_S01047_D_os_presbyter_and_martyr_in/13808069
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13857770
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01184_Coptic_will_of_the_heads_of_the_monastery_of_Epiphanios_at_Thebes_Upper_Egypt_drawn_up_in_the_mid_7th_cenutury_attesting_a_monastery_of_Apa_Mena_probably_the_soldier_and_martyr_of_Abu_Mena_00073_on_the_mountain_of_Jeme_/13805288
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13911905
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00926_Greek_inscription_commemorating_the_offering_of_a_column_to_a_church_of_Mannis_a_local_martyr_S00611_or_possibly_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_of_Abu_Mena_S00073_Found_at_Ikonion_Lycaonia_central_Asia_Minor_Probably_later_5th_or_earlier_6/13802549
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01223_Coptic_Encomium_on_Apa_Mena_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_of_Abu_Mena_S00073_attributed_to_John_archbishop_of_Alexandria_most_likely_John_IV_775-789_who_had_been_an_oikonomos_at_the_saint_s_shrine_presenting_a_history_of_the_saint_s_life_/13925711
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E02228_Greek_document_concerning_tax_payments_in_grain_of_unknown_Egyptian_provenance_mentioning_an_institution_dedicated_to_Menas_soldier_and_martyr_of_Abu_Mena_S00073_datable_to_the_8th_century_/13818341
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13912466
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13911701
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13809179
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13912460
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07440_The_late_4th_to_6th_century_collection_of_Miracles_of_Menas_soldier_martyr_of_Egypt_S00073_ascribed_to_Timothy_of_Alexandria_recounts_thirteen_stories_of_prodigies_performed_at_the_saint_s_shrine_near_Alexandria_focusing_on_miracles_/13913831
