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Menas of Samnium
Italian Roman Catholic saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 11 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
583
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In Molise, commemoration of Saint Menas, hermit, whose virtues are recorded by Pope Saint Gregory the Great.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 11 November as a hermit in Molise whose virtues Pope Gregory the Great recorded.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 11 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q101864573 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Menas of Samnium (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.