4th century
Saint Menas the Great Martyr
Egyptian soldier and martyr, patron saint of Heraklion in Crete.
Biography
According to tradition, Menas was an Egyptian soldier in the Roman army serving in Phrygia. He publicly confessed his faith and was martyred in the early fourth century.
His tomb near Alexandria became one of the great pilgrimage sites of antiquity. He is the patron saint of Heraklion in Crete.