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Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs and St. Erasmus, Bishop and Martyr

June 2, 2018

Peter and Marcellinus are two Roman martyrs who suffered under the Diocletian persecution, about the year 303; the first was a priest, the second an exorcist. Their cultus was so important that after peace was restored to the Church, Constantine built a basilica in their honor, as he did for St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Laurence and St. Agnes. Their names are mentioned in the Canon of the Mass. Erasmus was a bishop in Asia Minor who was martyred in Campania at about the same time. His body was translated to Gaeta in 842. He is often represented with a windlass around which are wound his intestines.

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June 2, 2018
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