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St. Pothinus, Sanctus, Attalus, Blandina
After a miraculous victory obtained by the prayers of a Christian legion under Marcus Aurelius in 174, the Church was enjoying a kind of peace, which was nonetheless often disturbed in various places by popular commotions, or by the superstitious fury of pagan governors. These factors become evident in the persecution which was raised at […]
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St. Marcellinus and St. Peter
Died: 304 AD Rome Venerated: in Catholic Church Major: shrine Church of Santi Marcellino e Pietro, Rome; Seligenstadt, Germany; relics also claimed by cathedral of Cremona Feast: 2 June Marcellinus and Peter were prominent enough in the memory of the Church to be included among the saints of the Roman Canon. Mention of their names […]
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St. Crescentinus
Died: beheaded on 1 June 303 at Saldo, Italy, relics translated to Urbino, Italy in 1068 by Blessed Mainard of Urbino Patronage: against headache (a ceremony in Urbino cures headaches by tapping the sufferer’s head with the relics of Crescentinus), Città di Castello, Italy, Urbino, Italy Major shrine: Urbino Feast: June 1 Imperial Roman soldier. […]
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