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• 18 June
• 17 July (translation of relics in Venice, Italy)

Profile

Hermitess in 8th century Bithynia (in modern Turkey), wearing a monk‘s habit. The desert fathers of the time knew her, wrote of her, and considered her a holy woman.

Died

• c.750 of natural causes
• relics translated to the church of San Marina in Venice, Italy in 1230
• some relics translated to the church of San Marina in Paris, France

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Venice, Italy

MLA Citation

• “Saint Marina of Bithynia“. CatholicSaints.Info. 30 September 2022. Web. 23 April 2024. <>