Saint Marinus
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- Also known as
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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 minstered to Christians who had been sentenced to quarry work as punishment for their faith.
Deacon, ordained by Saint Gaudentius.
Bishop of Rimini.
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
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bachelors,
deacons,
falsely accused people,
San Marino
- Representation
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bearded layman with a stonemason's hammer;
bearded man with two oxen near him;
deacon to Saint Gaudentius;
deacon to Saint Leo the Great;
young deacon with a hammer
- Additional Information
- Catholic Online