Ménélé was a 7th-century French monk who established the Menat Abbey. Born in Anjou around 650, he reportedly belonged to a family with ties to the Roman emperor Heraclius. To avoid an arranged marriage, he fled to Auvergne, where he entered a monastery under the guidance of Abbot Theofredus. After several years of training, he founded his own monastic community near Clermont, which eventually took his name.