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Pope Saint Marcellinus

detail of a bas-relief portrait medallion of Pope Saint Marcellinus, date and artist unknown; Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy Also known as

Marcellino

26 April (Western calendar)
7 June (Eastern calendar)

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Chosen 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

25 October 304 at Rome, Italy
interred in the Priscillian catacomb on the Via Salaria

Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia
Golden Legend
Lives and Times of the Popes, by Alexis-François Artaud de Montor
Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
New Catholic Dictionary
Pictorial Lives of the Saints
Roman Martyrology, 1914 edition
Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english

video
- YouTube PlayList

fonti in italiano

notitia in latin
- Documenta Catholica Omnia

MLA Citation

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