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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Meen

A disciple of Saint Samson and founder of a monastery in Brittany, reposed around 617.

Feast
June 21old style July 4
Reposed
6177th century
Place
St Samson
Order
Venerables

Life

Saint Meen (also called Mevenus or Mewan) was born in Cornwall or Wales and was a disciple of Saint Samson, whom he accompanied to Brittany. There he founded the monastery known as Saint-⁠Méon. He reposed around 617.

He is commemorated on 21 June among the saints of the West before the Great Schism (a saint of the undivided Church), by the New Calendar.

Commemorated the same day June 21