Menas 3 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | E/M IX |
Dates | 837 (c.) / 837 (c.) |
PmbZ No. | 4969 |
Religion | Christian |
Textual Sources | Vita Petri Atroensis, by Sabas the monk (BHG 2364), ed. V. Laurent, La Vie merveilleuse de Saint Pierre d'Atroa, Subsidia Hagiographica 29 (Brussels, 1956) (hagiography); Vita Retractata Petri Atroensis, by Sabas the monk (BHG 2365), ed. V. Laurent, La Vita retractata et les miracles posthumes de Saint Pierre d'Atroa, Subsidia Hagiographica 31 (Brussels, 1958) (hagiography) |
Possessed by demons, Menas 3 was miraculously cured by St Peter of Atroa (Petros 34); he was a postulant: Vita Petr. Atr. 79, Vita Petr. Atr. Retractata, p. 127-8. His name is given only in the Vita Retractata. The date was shortly before the death of Petros 34 (in 837).
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