Marinus of Eleutheropolis
soldier and martyr at Eleutheropolis
Feast: 17 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Eleutheropolis in Palestine, the passion of the fifty holy soldiers, martyrs, who, in the time of the emperor Heraclius, were killed for their faith in Christ by the Saracens who were besieging Gaza.
Among those named is Saint Marinus, of the cohort of the Volunteers.
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
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 17 December among fifty soldiers at Eleutheropolis in Palestine who were killed for their faith in Christ by the Saracens besieging Gaza.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.