Bashnouna

Egyptian saint and martyr
Saint Bashnouna
Bashnouna's relics in the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus
Martyr
Born12th century
Egypt
Died19 May 1164
Egypt
Venerated inCoptic Orthodox Church
Feast19 May (24 Pashons)

Bashnouna (Coptic: ⲡⲓϣⲉⲛⲛⲟⲩϥⲓ, romanized: Pišennoufi)[1] (died 19 May 1164) was a Coptic saint and martyr.

According to his hagiography, Bashnouna was a monk in the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great in Scetes. He was arrested by the Fatimid authorities during the caliphate of Al-'Āḍid, and threatened to face death if he were not to convert to Islam. Having refused, Bashnouna was burned alive on 24 Pashons, 880 A.M.Tooltip Anno Martyrum (19 May 1164 AD) His relics were buried at the Church of Saint Sergius in Cairo.

References

  1. ^ "الشهيد بشنونة". www.coptichistory.org. Retrieved 2023-02-13.

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