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Marino
SaintFull write-upBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 15 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
1170
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Marinus, seventh abbot of Cava in Italy, succeeded Falco in the government of that monastery in 1147 and ruled as a wise and just superior to the end of his days in 1170.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Benedictine Martyrology (1922) remembers him on 15 December.
Sources
- A Benedictine Martyrology (Alexius Hoffmann OSB, 1922), 15 December
- Wikidata Q3848158 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.