Saint Mina, Patriarch of Constantinople (536-552), was first a presbyter in Constantinople and overseer of the hospice of Saint Sampson the Pilgrim, during the reign of Saint Justinian I (527-565). After the deposition of the heretic Anthimus (535-536), the holy Presbyter Mina was elevated to the Patriarchal throne of Constantinople as worthy of the bishopric for his high virtue and firm profession of Orthodoxy. 
He was ordained by the holy Pope Agapitus (535-536), who was then in Constantinople. During the patriarchate of St. Mina in Constantinople, a miracle occurred that became widely known throughout the city.
One Jewish boy entered the church with other children and took communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ. At home, he told his father about it. In a terrible rage, he grabbed the child and threw him into a red-hot oven (this Jew was a glassblower). He did not tell his wife anything. The mother searched for her son with tears for three days, called him loudly, and finally, on the third day, he answered her from a red-hot furnace. She barely pulled out the child, who was unharmed. The boy said that his Blessed Wife came to him, cooled the fire and brought water and food. Saint Mina and Saint Justinian I became aware of this incident. The boy and his mother were baptized, but the child's father hardened and did not want to repent, despite the great miracle he witnessed. Then the emperor tried him as a child killer and sentenced him to death. 
The Holy Patriarch Mina ruled the Church of Constantinople for 16 years. During his patriarchate, the famous church in honor of St. Sophia of the Wisdom of God was consecrated in Constantinople. The saint died peacefully in 552.