Pope Saint Marcellinus
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- Memorial
- 26 April
- Profile
- 29th pope.
Enlarged the catacombs.
Reigned at the start of the persecution of Diocletian, and was himself martyred.
Legend says that he apostatized, made sacrifice to pagan gods, then repented, and was beheaded, but this story has been discredited.
- Born
- at Rome, Italy
- Papal Ascension
- 30 June 296
- Died
- martyred 25 October 304 at Rome, Italy;
interred in the Priscillian catacomb on the Via Salaria
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
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