Saint Marinus
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|name= Saint Marinus
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|death_date=[[366]] (traditional)
|feast_day= [[September 3]]
|venerated_in= [[Roman Catholic Church]]
|image= Marino als steinhauer.png
|imagesize= 250px
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|attributes=depicted as a bearded layman with a stonemason's hammer; also depicted as a young deacon with a hammer; depicted serving as a deacon to [[Saint Leo the Great]] or [[Saint Gaudentius]]; two oxen near him.
|patronage=San Marino
|major_shrine= Basilica of Saint Marinus
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'''Saint Marinus''' was the founder of one of the world's oldest surviving [[republic]]s, [[San Marino]], in [[301]]. Tradition holds that he was a [[stonemason]] by trade who came from the island of [[Rab]] on the other side of the [[Adriatic Sea]] (modern [[Croatia]]), fleeing persecution for his [[Christianity|Christian]] beliefs in the [[Diocletianic Persecution]]. He became [[Bishop of Rimini]], until he was accused by an insane woman of being her estranged husband, when he fled to [[Monte Titano]] to live as a hermit. His memorial day is [[September 3]], commemorating the day of the year when he founded [[San Marino]], which is also San Marino's national holiday. According to legend, he died in the Winter of [[366]] and his last words were: "''Relinquo vos liberos ab utroque homine''." ("I leave you free from both men"). <ref>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 and the Pope. This affirmation of freedom (first and foremost fiscal franchise) from both the State and the Church, however legendary, has always been the inspiration of the tiny republic. (source: "The Republic of San Marino", William Miller, ''The American Historical Review'', Vol. 6, No. 4 (Jul., 1901), pp. 633-649)</ref>
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==External links==
*[http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0904.htm#mari Saints of September 4: Marinus of San Marino, Hermit Deacon] (on this website, September 4 is incorrectly indicated as Saint Marinus' day)
*[http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintm65.htm Patron Saints Index: Saint Marinus]
*{{it icon}} [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/68950 San Marino]
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[[Category:3rd century births]]
[[Category:366 deaths]]
[[Category:Ancient Roman saints]]
[[Category:Croatian saints]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic saints]]
[[Category:History of San Marino]]
[[Category:Sammarinese Christians]]
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