Marinus of Wilparting

Marinus of Wilparting was, according to legend, an Irish or Scottish wandering bishop who died as a martyr on 15 November 697 in Bavaria. He is venerated as a saint in the Western Church.

He lived in the time of Saints Kilian, Corbinian and Rupert. According to the legend, he went to Rome as a monk together with Anianus, and Pope Eugene I consecrated Marinus a wandering bishop and Anianus a deacon. As heralds of the faith they came to the Irschenberg region above Aibling, northeast of Miesbach. There they lived more than forty years as hermits, Marinus at Wilparting, Anianus nearby at Alb. The legend says that Marinus was murdered by plundering Vandals and burned, while Anianus reposed in his cell by a natural death. Churches stand over both places of their repose, among the oldest Christian places of worship in the region. The two are commemorated together on 15 November, according to the Western calendar (new style).