Marinus

Holy Martyr Marinus is one of ten martyrs commemorated on 2 November (new style, the Greek calendar): Eudoxius, Agapius, Atticus, Marinus, Oceanus, Eustratius, Carterius, Nicopolitianus, Styrax and Tobias. The name Atticus, which has been mistaken for the region of Attica, is the name of one of them.

They were all soldiers in the city of Sebaste, in the time of Licinius. In the year 315 they were examined by the governor Auxanius, the duke Marcellus and Marcus Agricolaus, and boldly confessed the Christian faith. They were tortured cruelly in many ways, and in the end were thrown into the fire and burned alive, all receiving the unfading crown of martyrdom. A verse of the synaxarion says that the ten, who endured the fire as brave men, reached the best of lots.