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Saint of the Day (November 11) ✠ St. Menas ✠ Martyr & Wonder-worker : Born : 285 AD Niceous, Egypt Died : 309 AD Phrygia, Anatolia (Modern-day Turkey) Venerated in : Roman Catholic Church Oriental Orthodoxy Eastern Orthodox Church Major shrine : Monastery of Saint Mina Church of Saint Menas (Cairo) Feast : November 11 Patronage : Falsely Accused People; Peddlers; Traveling Merchants; Heraklion Saint Minas (also Mina, Menas, Mena, Menes, Mennas), the Martyr and Wonder-worker, is one of the most well-known Egyptian saints in the East and the West, due to the many miracles that are attributed to his intercession and prayers. Minas was an Egyptian soldier in the Roman army martyred because he refused to recant his Christian faith. The common date of his commemoration is November 11. Although Minas is recognized as a minor saint in Western churches, it is considered likely by many historians that he is celebrated in these churches under the nam...

Saint of the Day (November 11) ✠ St. Martin of Tours ✠ Bishop and Confessor : Born : 316 or 336 AD Savaria, Diocese of Pannonia (modern-day Hungary) Died : November 8, 397 Candes, Gaul (Modern-day France) Venerated in : Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy Anglican Communion Lutheranism Feast : November 11 Patronage : Against Poverty; Against Alcoholism; Baħrija, Malta; Beggars; Beli Manastir; Archdiocese of Bratislava; Buenos Aires; Burgenland; Cavalry; Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade; Dieburg; Edingen Equestrians; Foiano della Chiana; France; Geese; Horses; Hotel-Keepers; Innkeepers; Kortrijk; Diocese of Mainz; Montemagno; Olpe; Ourense; Pietrasanta; Pontifical Swiss Guards; Quartermasters; Reformed Alcoholics; Riders; Taal, Batangas; Bocaue, Bulacan; Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart; Soldiers; Tailors; Utrecht; Vintners; Virje; Wine Growers; Wine Makers; Wissmannsdorf and Villadoz Saint Martin of Tours was the t...