Bashnouna

{{Short description|Egyptian saint and martyr}}

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|name=Bashnouna

|birth_date=12th century

|death_date=19 May 1164

|feast_day=19 May (24 Pashons)

|venerated_in=Coptic Orthodox Church

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|caption=Bashnouna's relics in the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus

|birth_place=Egypt

|death_place=Egypt

|titles=Martyr

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Bashnouna ({{Langx|cop|ⲡⲓϣⲉⲛⲛⲟⲩϥⲓ|translit=Pišennoufi}}){{Cite web |title=الشهيد بشنونة |url=https://www.coptichistory.org/new_page_131.htm |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=www.coptichistory.org}} (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 {{abbrlink|A.M.|Anno Martyrum}} (19 May 1164 AD) His relics were buried at the Church of Saint Sergius in Cairo.