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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Menas, hermit of Samnium, 6th c.

Saint ID

S01772

Reported Death Not Before

580

Reported Death Not After

590

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Hermits/recluses
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04383Gregory the Great writes the Dialogues, recounting miraculous stories with various local saints as their subject. Written in Latin in Rome, c. 593. Overview entry.
E04499Gregory the Great, in his Dialogues (3.26), describes three miracles effected by *Menas (hermit of Samnium, 6th c., S01772) in Samnium (southern Italy). Written in Latin in Rome, c. 593.