# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/saint-menas
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:39:01.122Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/saint-menas"
name: "Saint Menas"
slug: "saint-menas"
description: "A Roman soldier who chose execution over silence about his faith, this third-century martyr became one of Christianity's most invoked names — credited across centuries with enough answered prayers to make him famous in both hemispheres."
tagline: "Egyptian saint, martyr and wonder-worker, said to have lived 285-ca. 309"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tavoletta_paleocristiana_con_san_mena%2C_da_alessandria_d'egitto.JPG"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "285"
deathDate: "309"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.31
  momentum:             1.441357587853868
  historical:           21.60249466666667
  currentAttention:     6.742520016856298
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
  - name: "Religious Figures"
    slug: "religious-figures"
  - name: "Other"
    slug: "other"
  - name: "Religion"
    slug: "religion"
  - name: "Ancient History"
    slug: "ancient-history"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Saint%20Menas"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Мина Котуански"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveti_mu%C4%8Denik_Mina"
    title: "Sveti mučenik Mina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menna_d'Egipte"
    title: "Menna d'Egipte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svat%C3%BD_Menas"
    title: "Svatý Menas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menas"
    title: "Menas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9C%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%AC%CF%82"
    title: "Άγιος Μηνάς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1"
    title: "میناس مصر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9nas_(saint)"
    title: "Ménas (saint)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Սուրբ Մինաս Եգիպտացի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mena_d'Egitto"
    title: "Mena d'Egitto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "アレクサンドリアのメナス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menas_van_Alexandri%C3%AB"
    title: "Menas van Alexandrië"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menas_z_Egiptu"
    title: "Menas z Egiptu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menas_de_Niciu"
    title: "Menas de Niciu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sf%C3%A2ntul_Mina"
    title: "Sfântul Mina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Мина Котуанский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9nas_(ve%C4%BEkomu%C4%8Den%C3%ADk)"
    title: "Ménas (veľkomučeník)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Мина Катуански"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mena_wa_Misri"
    title: "Mena wa Misri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menas"
    title: "Menas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Міна Котуанський"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "مارمينا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "مارمينا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in 285 in Egypt, Menas served as a soldier in the Roman army during an era when that allegiance could collide fatally with another. Around 309, he was killed for refusing to renounce Christianity. What followed his death outpaced his life: a reputation for miracles attributed to his intercession spread him across the Christian world, Coptic and beyond. His feast is now marked on November 11 in most Catholic and Revised Julian Orthodox churches, November 24 in Old Calendar Orthodox and Coptic traditions — the same moment, measured by different clocks. The soldier became a saint not for what he did in uniform, but for what he wouldn't surrender when ordered.