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[[Image:StAbanoub.jpg|thumb|Coptic icon of St. Abanoub]] '''Saint Abanoub''' (Abba Nob), the Child [[Saint]] and [[Martyr]], was only twelve years old when he was martyred by the Roman ruler. On [[July 31]] (Abib 24 - Coptic month) the [[Church of Alexandria (Coptic)|Coptic Orthodox]] Church celebrates the day of his martyrdom, as the day of his birth into eternal life. Abanoub's relics, as well as the relics of many Christians who died with him, are still preserved in [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/4606/samanoud.html St. Virgin Mary and St. Abanoub church Coptic Orthodox Church in Samanoud, Egypt]. It is also said that the Holy Family visited that place during their Flight into Egypt. The church still contains the well from which The Lord Jesus, [[Virgin Mary|St. Mary]], and St. Joseph drank. Numerous apparitions and miracles do occur in that church until this very day.

[[Image:StAbanoub.jpg|thumb|Coptic icon of St. Abanoub]] Abanoub was born in a town called Nehisa (or Nehesa, a village near Talkha, Egypt) in the Nile Delta. He was the only son of good Christian parents who died when he was a young child. At age twelve Abanoub entered the church to hear the priest asking the congregation to remain faithful during the persecutions provoked by [[Diocletian]], the Roman emperor (240-311 A.D.).