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Saint Marinus
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- For the Eastern saint who is also known as Marina the Monk or Marinos, see Marina the Monk.
| Saint Marinus | |
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| Died | 366 (traditional) |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Major shrine | Basilica of Saint Marinus |
| Feast | September 3 |
| Attributes | depicted as a bearded layman with a stonemason's hammer; also depicted as a young deacon with a hammer; depicted serving as a deacon to Saint Leo the Great or Saint Gaudentius; two oxen near him. |
| Patronage | San Marino |
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Saint Marinus was the founder of one of the world's oldest surviving republics, San Marino, in 301. The Bishop of Rimini, tradition holds that he was a stonemason by trade who came from the island of Rab on the other side of the Adriatic Sea (modern Croatia), fleeing persecution for his Christian beliefs from the Roman Emperor Diocletian. Since he was accused by an insane woman to be her estranged husband, he fled to Monte Titano to live as a hermit. His memorial day is September 3, commerating the day of the year when he founded San Marino, which is also San Marino's national holiday. According to legend, he died in the fall of 366 and his last words were: "Relinquo your liberos ab utroque homine." ("I leave you free other men").
- Saints of September 4: Marinus of San Marino, Hermit Deacon
- Patron Saints Index: Saint Marinus
- (Italian) San Marino
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