September 13th

Saint Marcellinus

Saint · Common of Martyrs · Carthage, Tunisia · d. 413

At Carthage, Saint Marcellinus, martyr, who, a tribune and a friend of Saints Augustine and Jerome, was put to death though innocent by the Donatist heretics, on account of his defense of the Catholic faith, through the envy stirred up under the tyranny of Heraclianus.

Latin Original

Carthágine, sancti Marcellini, mártyris, qui, tribüánus ac sanctórum Augustini et Hierónymi familiáris, ex invídia tyránnidis Heracleáne, ob cathólice fidei defensiónem ab hzeréticis donatístis ínnocens occisus est.