The Hieromartyr Marcellinus, Bishop of Rome, and with him the Holy Martyrs Claudius, Cyrinus and Antoninus.
St
Marcellinus was Bishop of Rome during the height of the persecution
against Christians under Diocletian and Maximian (284-305), when 17,000
men were martyred a single month. During this time St Marcellinus was
also arrested. Arfaid of the fierce tortures, he burned incense and
offered sacrifice to idols. The emperor called him his friend and
clothed him in splendid robes. Although he had encouraged others to
undergo torture for Christ, he gave in to cowardice. He wept bitterly,
filled with remorse.
During this time, a Synod of 180 bishops and
presbyters met at the city of Sinuessa (in Campania). St Marcellinus
appeared at the assembly in penitential sackcloth, his head sprinkled
with ashes. He confessed his sin before the delegates and asked them to
judge him. The Fathers of the Council said, “Judge yourself! From your
lips this sin came forth, from your lips let judgment be pronounced. We
know that even St Peter denied Christ out of fear, but he wept bitterly
for his sin, and received forgiveness from the Lord.”
Then
Marcellinus pronounced sentence upon himself, “I strip myself of the
priestly dignity, of which I am unworthy. After death, do not bury my
body, but instead throw it to the dogs. Cursed be the one who dares to
bury it.”
Upon his return to Rome Marcellinus went to the emperor,
threw down the fine clothing given him, and said that he regretted his
renunciation of Christ. The enraged emperor had him tortured, and
sentenced him to death.
St Marcellinus prayed to the Lord Jesus
Christ, Who mercifully receives sinners who repent, then willingly
placed his head beneath the sword. The holy martyrs Claudius, Cyrinus
and Antoninus were beheaded with him.
The body of St Marcellinus
lay for thirty-six days along the wayside. Appearing in a vision to the
new bishop Marcellus, the holy Apostle Peter said, “Why have you not
buried the body of Marcellinus?”
“I fear his curse,” replied St Marcellus.
“Perhaps
you do not remember,” said the Apostle Peter, “that it is written: ‘He
that humbles himself shall be exalted.’ Therefore, go bury his body with
reverence.”
Fulfilling the command of the Apostle Peter, St
Marcellus buried the body of St Marcellinus in a crypt, built for the
burial of the bodies of martyrs by the illustrious Priscilla, along the
Via Salaria.
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