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Marinus
Sammarinese saint
SaintFull write-upAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 3 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
275
Died
366
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
On Mount Titano near Rimini, Saint Marinus, deacon and anchorite, who is held to have led the still pagan people to the light of the Gospel and to the freedom of Christ.
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 3 September as a deacon and anchorite of Mount Titano held to have brought its people to the Gospel.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 3 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q544981 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Marinus (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.