Menas of Egypt

Saint Menas of Egypt
Born	285 Nikiou, Egypt, Roman Empire
Died	c. 309 Cotyaeum, Anatolia, Roman Empire (modern-day Turkey)
Venerated in	Oriental Orthodoxy Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Major shrine	Monastery of Saint Mina Church of Saint Menas (Cairo)
Feast	15 , 16 Hathor (Coptic Orthodox Church) (which coincides with 11 November on the Julian Calendar or 24 November on the Gregorian Calendar 11 November (Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches)[1][2]
Attributes	Christian Martyrdom, man with his hands cut off and his eyes torn out; man with two camels; young knight with a halberd, an anachronistic depiction of his time in the Roman army
Patronage	Heraklion
Controversy	None

Menas of Egypt (also Mina, Minas, Mena, Meena; Greek: Άγιος Μηνάς, Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲙⲏⲛⲁ; 285 – c. 309), a martyr and wonder-worker, is one of the most well-known Coptic saints in the East and the West, due to the many miracles that are attributed to his intercession and prayers. Menas was a Coptic soldier in the Roman army martyred because he refused to recant his Christian faith. The common date of his commemoration is November 11, which occurs 13 days later (November 24) on the Julian calendar.

His feast day is celebrated every year on 15 Hathor in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, which corresponds to November 24 on the Gregorian Calendar. In Eastern Orthodox churches that follow the old style or Julian calendar, it is likewise celebrated on November 24. In the Eastern Orthodox churches that follow the new style or Revised Julian calendar, as well as in the Catholic Church, it is celebrated on November 11.