Saunt Marinus

Saunt Marinus wis the foonder o the warld's auldest survivin republic, San Marino, in 301. Tradeetion holds that he wis a stonemason bi tred who came frae the island o Rab on the ither side o the Adriatic Sea (modren Croatie), fleein persecution for his Christian beliefs in the Diocletianic Persecution. He became a Deacon, an wis ordained bi St. Gaudentius, Bishop o Rimini, till he wis accuised bi an insane woman o bein her estranged husband, when he fled tae Monte Titano tae live as a hermit. Thare he biggit a chapel an monastery. Marinus wis canonised an later, the State o San Marino grew up frae the centre creatit bi the monastery. His memorial day is 3 September, commemoratin the day o the year when he foondit San Marino, which is an aa San Marino's naitional holiday.

Saunt Marinus
Dee'd	366 (tradeetional)
Veneratit in	Roman Catholic Kirk
Major shrine	Basilica o Saunt Marinus
Feast	September 3
Attributes	depictit as a beardit layman wi a stanemason's hammer; depictit as a young deacon wi a hammer; depictit servin as a deacon tae Saunt Leo the Great or Gaudentius o Rimini; twa oxen near him.
Patronage	San Marino

Accordin tae legend, he dee'd in the Winter o 366 an his last words wur: "Relinquo vos liberos ab utroque homine." ("I leave ye free frae baith men"). This somewha mysterious phrase is maist likely tae refer tae the twa "men" frae whose oppressive pouer Saunt Marinus haed decidit tae separate himsel, becomin a hermit on Moont Titano: respectively the Emperor an the Pape. This affirmation o freedom (first an foremaist fiscal franchise) frae baith the State an the Kirk, houever legendary, haes always been the inspiration o the tiny republic.

Freemit airtins

• Saints of September 4: Marinus of San Marino, Hermit Deacon Archived 2007-08-10 at the Wayback Machine (on this wabsteid, September 4 is incorrectly indicated as Saint Marinus' day)
• Patron Saints Index: Saint Marinus Archived 2009-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Italian) San Marino