Venerable Menelaos, abbot in Gaul.
St. Menelaos is commemorated as an ascetic and abbot who lived in Gaul in the eighth century. Tradition relates that he founded a monastery in the Auvergne and guided many in the monastic life.
He reposed in peace. His day is kept by those who bear this ancient Greek name.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Menelaos the Venerable is commemorated on July 22. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on August 4 of the civil calendar.
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Also commemorated on July 22
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