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Saint Marinus (; it, San Marino) was an
Known only by the single name ''Marinus'' (lit. of the sea), he became a Deacon, and was ordained by Gaudentius, the Bishop of Rimini; later, he was recognised and accused by an insane woman of being her estranged husband, so he quickly fled to 
Marinus was canonised as a saint, and later, the State of San Marino grew up from the centre created by the monastery. His feast day/memorial day is 3 September, commemorating the day, in 301, when he founded what became known as
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Patron Saints Index: Saint Marinus
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Early Christian
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and the founder of a chapel and monastery in 301 from whose initial community the state of San Marino
San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...
later grew.
Life
Tradition holds that he was astonemason
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by trade who came from the island of Arba (today Rab
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The island is long, has an area of and 9,328 inhabitants (2 ...
), on the other side of the Adriatic Sea
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(in what is now part of modern-day Croatia
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, anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland")
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, then part of the Roman Empire
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), fleeing persecution for his Christian
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beliefs in the Diocletianic Persecution
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.
Known only by the single name ''Marinus'' (lit. of the sea), he became a Deacon, and was ordained by Gaudentius, the Bishop of Rimini; later, he was recognised and accused by an insane woman of being her estranged husband, so he quickly fled to Monte Titano
Monte Titano ("Mount Titan") is a mountain of the Apennines and the highest peak in San Marino. It stands above sea level and is located immediately to the east of the capital, San Marino. It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008 ...
to build a chapel-monastery and live as a hermit.Radovan Radovinovič, ''The Croatian Adriatic Tourist Guide'', pg. 127, Zagreb (1999),
Another version of the story says that hearing that the town of Rimini (Italy) was being rebuilt, he travelled there and was astonished to find among the workmen many Christians of high birth who had been sentenced to hard labour because of their refusal to sacrifice to the gods. He sought to comfort them and to alleviate their sufferings, so far as was in his power. In his old age Marinus withdrew to a hermitage decided to seclude himself on Mount Titano, living the life of a hermit in holy contemplation. As his reputation for his sanctity grew, others started to follow him there, until finally a lady from Rimini and the owner of Mount Titano decided to gift him the mountain.
Marinus was canonised as a saint, and later, the State of San Marino grew up from the centre created by the monastery. His feast day/memorial day is 3 September, commemorating the day, in 301, when he founded what became known as San Marino
San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...
, which is also the state's national holiday. He is venerated in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox faiths.
According to legend, he died in the winter of 366 and his last words were: "'" ("I leave you free from both men"). This somewhat mysterious phrase is most likely to refer to the two "men" from whose oppressive power Saint Marinus had decided to separate himself, becoming a hermit on Mount Titano: respectively the Emperor
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and the Pope
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. This affirmation of freedom (first and foremost fiscal franchise) from both the Empire
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and the Papal States
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, however legendary, has always been the inspiration of the tiny republic."The Republic of San Marino", William Miller, ''The American Historical Review'', Vol. 6, No. 4 (July 1901), pages 633–649Link to journal.
Sources
The earliest manuscripts mentioning Saint Marinus and his life date to the 10th century.Edwards, Adrian, and Chris Michaelides. San Marino. Vol. 188. Abc-Clio Incorporated, 1996, 19. Another principal source of the events of Marinus's life were compiled in the Acta Sanctorum.See also
*History of San Marino
As the only surviving medieval microstate in the Italian peninsula, the history of San Marino is intertwined with the medieval, Renaissance and modern-day history of the Italian peninsula, according to tradition beginning with its foundation i ...
References
External links
Patron Saints Index: Saint Marinus
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marinus Sammarinese Roman Catholic saints 3rd-century births 366 deaths History of San Marino People from the City of San Marino 4th-century Romans 4th-century Christian saints Republicans People from Rab Legendary Romans Hermits in the Roman Empire Diocletianic Persecution