"I made you bear a son, and you shall call his name Mena!" The Saint, the Egg, and Medieval Nubia

This article examines the Old Nubian Miracle of St Menas, preserved in the British Library Ms. Or. 6805, as a unique testimony to Christian traditions in medieval Nubia. While sharing certain motifs with earlier miracles known from Coptic, Greek, and Arabic sources, this text presents a distinctive...

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Main Author: Agata Deptuła
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin 2025-06-01
Series:Vox Patrum
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/vp/article/view/18041
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