Marcellinus of Carthage

Marcellinus of Carthage
Martyr
BornToledo, Spain
Died13 September 413
Africa
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church
CanonizedPre-Congregation
FeastSeptember 13[1]

Marcellinus of Carthage was a Christian martyr and saint who died in 413. 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. Saint Augustine dedicated the first books of his landmark The City of God to Marcellinus in 413.

  1. ^ Walsh, Michael J., "Marcellinus, Flavius", A New Dictionary of Saints, Liturgical Press, 2007, ISBN 9780814631867