Saint Marinus

Also known as

• Marino
• Marinao
• Marinus of San Marino
• Marinus the Dalmatian
• Marinus of Dalmatia

Memorial

• 3 September

Profile

Stonemason who worked at Monte Titano in modern San Marino. Layman preacher who converted many, and ministered to Christians who had been sentenced to quarry work as punishment for their faith. Deacon, ordained by Saint Gaudentius of Rimini. Bishop of Rimini, Italy. Though he belonged to no order that required it, he was a confirmed, life-long bachelor. Falsely accused by an insane woman of Rimini of being her estranged husband, he fled to a cave on Monte Titano, and lived there as a hermit. The small country of San Marino is named for him.

Born

• 5th century Albe, Dalmatia

Died

• of natural causes
• relics in the Basilica of Saint Marinus

Patronage

• bachelors
• deacons
• falsely accused people
• San Marino

Representation

• bearded layman with a stone mason‘s hammer
• bearded man with two oxen near him
• deacon to Saint Gaudentius of Rimini
• deacon to Saint Leo the Great
• young deacon with a hammer

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Catholic Under the Hood, by Father Seraphim Beshoner
• For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Santi e Beati
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Marinus”. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 September 2010. Web. 20 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-marinus/>