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St. Aba Mina Feastday: November 11
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of
near Alexandria. Aka Mena of Kemet (Egypt). Known as Menas of Cotyauem, Menas
of Cotyaes; Menas of Cotyaeum; Menas of Egypt; Menas of Kotyaeum; Menas of
Mareotis; and Mennas.
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I
drove camels early in life, but I became a solider for Caesar.
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Firmilian
was my primicerius. The reign and terror of the persecutions of Diocletian,
and coruler Maximian erupted.
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I
left the Imperial Army of Rome, and became a hermit. I was led to preach on
one occasion. Through the authority of Pyrrhus, the local prefect, I was
arrested for professing and teaching Christ, severely beaten, tortured,
martyred at Cotyaes, Phrygia.
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Miracles through the grace of God were ascribed to my place
of repose. A large church building (called Basilica),
became known as the
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“Glory of the Libyan
Desert”. Christian faithful buried me in Mareotis, Kemet(Egypt).
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