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Following
the
execution
of
Saint
Mina,
his
sister
brought
his
body
to
a
church
in
Alexandria.
When
the
time
of
persecution
ended,
during
the
papacy
of
Pope
Athanasius
of
Alexandria,
an
angel
appeared
to
the
Pope
and
ordered
him
to
load
the
saint's
body
on
a
camel
and
head
towards
the
Western
Desert.
At
a
certain
spot
near
a
water
well
at
the
end
of
Lake
Mariout,
not
far
from
Alexandria,
the
camel
stopped
and
wouldn't
move.
The
Christians
took
this
a
sign
from
God
and
there
buried
Saint
Mina's
body
after
placing
it
in
a
silver
coffin.
The
coffin
was
later
placed
inside
decay-resistant
wood
and
buried
at
the
same
location.
Most
versions
of
the
story
state
that
the
location
of
the
tomb
was
then
forgotten
until
its
miraculous
rediscovery
by
a
local
shepherd.
A
shepherd
was
feeding
his
sheep
in
that
location,
and
a
sick
lamb
fell
on
the
ground.
As
it
struggled
to
get
on
its
feet
again,
its
scab
was
cured.
The
story
spread
quickly
and
the
sick
who
came
to
this
spot
recovered
from
whatever
illnesses
they
had
just
by
lying
on
the
ground.
The
Ethiopian
Synaxarium
describes
Constantine
I
sending
his
sick
daughter
to
the
shepherd
to
be
cured,
and
credits
her
with
finding
Mina's
body,
after
which
Constantine
ordered
the
construction
of
a
church
at
the
site.
Some
versions
of
the
story
replace
Constantine
with
the
late-5th
century
emperor
Zeno,
but
archaeologists
have
dated
the
original
foundation
to
the
late
4th
century.[1]
According
to
the
Zeno
version,
his
daughter
was
leprous
and
his
advisors
suggested
that
she
should
try
that
place,
and
she
did.
At
night
Saint
Mina
appeared
to
the
girl
and
informed
her
that
his
body
was
buried
in
that
place.
The
following
morning,
Zeno's
daughter
was
cured
and
she
related
her
vision
about
the
saint
to
her
servants.
Zeno
immediately
ordered
Mina's
body
to
be
dug
out
and
a
cathedral
to
be
built
there.
A
large
city
was
also
built
there
and
named
after
the
saint.
Sick
people
from
all
over
the
world
used
to
visit
that
city
and
were
healed
through
the
intercessions
of
Saint
Mina,
who
became
known
as
the
Wonders'
Maker.
Today,
numerous
little
clay
bottles
on
which
the
saint's
name
and
picture
are
engraved
are
found
by
archeologists
in
diverse
countries
around
the
Mediterranean
world,
such
as
Heidelberg
in
Germany,
Milan
in
Italy,
Dalmatia
in
Croatia,
Marseille
in
France,
Dongola
in
Sudan,
and
the
holy
city
of
Jerusalem.
Visitors
would
buy
these
bottles,
usually
containing
oil
or
water
for
blessing,
and
take
them
back
to
their
relatives.
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