Peter and Marcellinus, Hidden Yet Their Voice Goes Out Through All the Earth
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Peter and Marcellinus, Hidden Yet Their Voice Goes Out Through All the Earth
Like many of the early martyrs, not much is known of Saints Marcellinus and Peter, except that they died for the Faith during the persecution of Diocletian in 304, put to death by beheading at the 12th milestone on the Via Aurelia outside of Rome. Their executioner, Dorotheus, went on to convert to Christianity, according to the later Pope Damasus I (+384), who built a tomb and a church dedicated to the martyrs. Marcellinus was likely a priest, …
On June 2, the Church celebrates the Saints Marcellin and Peter, Roman martyrs of the fourth century. According to the oldest tradition, preserved in the charms of Pope Damasus, they were a presbyter and an exorcist of the community of Rome, condemned during the persecution of Diocletian (about 304). To prevent the tomb becoming a place of veneration, they were led into a wood outside the city and beheaded, after having been forced to prepare th…
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