This article is about the sixth-century Italian hermit. For other saints with the same name, see Saint Menas (disambiguation).
Saint
Menas of Samnium
Hermit
Died
6th century Samnium, Italy
Venerated in
Catholic Church
Feast
November 11
Menas of Samnium (Latin: Sanctus Menna Samnii) is a 6th-century hermit venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. The primary source for details of his life is an account written by Pope Gregory the Great and also published in the sixth century.[1]
^Trzeciak, Frances (July 12, 2020). "Gregory the Great, in his Dialogues (3.26), describes three miracles effected by Menas, 6th c. hermit of Samnium". Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity. University of Oxford. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
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