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Saint Marina (other)
Saint Marina may refer to: *Saint Margaret of Antioch, also known as ''Saint Margaret the Virgin'', ''Saint Marina the Martyr'' or ''Agia Marina'' by the Orthodox Church * Saint Marina of Aguas Santas (119–139), virgin and martyr of Balcagia (current Baiona, Spain) *Saint Marina the Monk Marina, distinguished as Marina the Monk and also known as Marinos, Pelagia and Mary of Alexandria ( cop, Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲛⲁ ⲛ̅ⲁⲥⲕⲏⲧⲏⲥ), was a Christian saint from part of Asian Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, genera ..., also known as ''Marina the Syrian'', lived in the Monastery of Qannoubine, in the Holy Valley, Lebanon; venerated by Maronite Church *Venerable Marina de Escobar See also * Santa Marina (other) : {{disambiguation, tndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Margaret Of Antioch
Margaret, known as Margaret of Antioch in the West, and as Saint Marina the Great Martyr ( grc-gre, Ἁγία Μαρίνα) in the East, is celebrated as a saint on 20 July in the Western Rite Orthodoxy, Roman Catholic Church and Anglicanism, on 17 July ( Julian calendar) by the Eastern Orthodox Church and on Epip 23 and Hathor 23 in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. She was reputed to have promised very powerful indulgences to those who wrote or read her life, or invoked her intercessions; these no doubt helped the spread of her following. Margaret is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, and is one of the saints Joan of Arc claimed to have spoken with. Hagiography According to a 9th-century martyrology of Rabanus Maurus, she suffered at Antioch in Pisidia (in what is now Turkey) in around 304, during the Diocletianic persecution. She was the daughter of a pagan priest named Aedesius. Her mother having died soon after her birth, Margaret was nursed by a Chris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
