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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Marinus of Tomis

A martyr of Tomis, the Dobrujan city on the sea coast.

Feast
July 5old style July 18
Era
4th century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Marinus of Tomis is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on 5 July (new style), together with Theodotus and Sedopha, as martyrs of Tomis, the Dobrujan city on the shore of the Black Sea (today Constanța). The martyrology gives no other details.

Marinus is counted among the martyrs of the first Christian centuries of Dobruja, a saint of the undivided Church. The name Marinus comes from Latin and means “of the sea”, which suits a city on the coast.

Commemorated the same day July 5