Marcellinus of Carthage was a Christian martyr and saint who died in 413. Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. ... Historically, a martyr is a person who dies for his or her religious faith. ... General definition of saint In general, the term Saint refers to someone who is exceptionally virtuous and holy. ... Events May 8 - Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the provinces of Italy that have been plundered by the Visigoths. ...

He was secretary of state of the Western Roman Empire under Roman Emperor Honorius and a close friend of Augustine of Hippo, as well as a correspondent of Saint Jerome's. Saint Augustine dedicated the first books of his landmark Civitas Dei (The City of God) to Marcellinus in 413. United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, a Secretary of State is a senior Cabinet Minister in charge of a Government Department. ... The Western Roman Empire is the name given to the western half of the Roman Empire after its division by Diocletian. ... Roman Emperor is the title historians use to refer to the ruler of the Roman Empire. ... Bronze coin bearing the profile of Honorius Flavius Augustus Honorius (September 9, 384–August 15, 423) was Emperor of the Western Roman Empire from 395 until his death. ... St. ... For other uses see: Jerome (disambiguation) Jerome (about 340 - September 30, 420), (full name Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus) is best known as the translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin. ...

In 409, Marcellinus granted the right to public worship to the Donatists, an heretical group. The Donatists grew in power and began to oppress the orthodox, who appealed to the emporer for protection. Marcellinus was set up as the judge of the controversy. He ruled that the Donatists were heretics and that they had to give up their churches and return to churches under the control of orthodox bishops and priests. This judgment was carried out by Roman army with violence and great severity. So bloody was the persecution of the Donatists that Saint Augustine, who had been one of the leaders in condeming Donatism as a heresy, protested at their treatment. For the cleaning product 409®, see butoxyethanol. ... The Donatists (founded by the Berber christian Donatus) were followers of a belief considered a heresy by the Roman Catholic Church. ... Heresy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held to be contrary, to the ‘catholic’ or orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, to that of any church, creed, or religious system, considered as orthodox. ... For other uses, see Bishop (disambiguation). ...

In 413, the Donatists accused Marcellinus and his brother, Apringius, of being involed in the rebellion of Heraclion. General Maricus, who had put down the rebellion and who had Donatist sympathies, arrested the brothers and put them in prison. Even with Bishop Augustine intervening on their behalf with Cecilian, the judge in the case, the two brothers were executed on September 12. A prison is a place in which people are confined and deprived of a range of liberties. ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ...

His feast day in the Roman Catholic Church is April 6. The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... The Roman Catholic Church is the largest religious denomination of Christianity with over one billion members. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ...