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Encyclopedia > Saint Marcellinus of Carthage

Marcellinus of Carthage was a Christian martyr and saint who died in 413. Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as recounted in the New Testament. ... Historically, a martyr is a person who dies for their convictions or religious faith, such as during the persecution of early Christians in the Roman Empire. ... A saint is a term to refer to someone who is a holy person. ... 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. In several countries, Secretary of State is a senior government position. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Roman Emperor is the term historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... 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. ... Aurelius Augustinus, Augustine of Hippo, or Saint Augustine (November 13, 354 – August 28, 430) was one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. ... Jerome (ca. ...


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 emperor 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 the 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 condemning 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. ... Separate articles treat Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Orthodox Judaism. ... Diocesan College, or Bishops as it is commonly known, is a private school situated in the leafy suburb of Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa, at the foot of Table Mountain. ...


In 413, the Donatists accused Marcellinus and his brother, Apringius, of being involved 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. Morozini Fountain on Venizelou square in Heraclion, Crete, built in 1628 Heraclion (transliterated from the Ancient Greek spelling of the name), sometimes also spelled Heraklion, Heraclio, Heraklio, Iraclion and Iraklio (transliteration of the Modern Greek spelling and pronounciation of the place), and various other similar spellings (in Greek: Ηράκλειο), is the... 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. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Catholicism. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ...



 

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