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- ↑ Trzeciak, Frances (July 12, 2020). "Gregory the Great, in his Dialogues (3.26), describes three miracles effected by Menas, 6th c. hermit of Samnium". Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity. University of Oxford . Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- ↑ Martyrologium Romanum (in Latin) (2nd ed.). Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 2004. p. 616.
In província Sámnii, commemorátio sancti Mennæ, solitárii, cuius virtutes sanctus Gregórius papa Magnus commémorat.
- ↑ Martyrologium Romanum (in Latin) (revised post-typical 4th ed.). Justitias Books. 2017 [1956 with 1960 revisions]. p. 277.
In província Sámnii, beáti Mennæ solitárii, cuius virtútes et mirácula sanctus Gregórius Papa commémorat.
[In the province of Samnium, the blessed Mennas, hermit, whose virtues and miracles Pope St. Gregory commemorates.] - ↑ Saint Gregory the Great (c. 593). "3.26". Dialogues. The Fathers of the Church: A New Translation. Vol. 39. Translated by Zimmerman, Odo John. Catholic University of America Press (published 1959). pp. 159–160. ISBN 0813213223.