death_date death_place birth_place feast_day venerated_in birth_date titles article_title name
19 may 1164 egypt egypt 19 may -lrb- 24 pashons -rrb- coptic orthodox church 12th century martyr saint bashnouna
 saint bashnouna
saint bashnouna

saint bashnouna -lrb- died 19 may 1164 -rrb- was an egyptian 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 -lrb- 19 may 1164 ad -rrb- his relics were buried at the church of saint sergius in cairo .
