Marina the Monk

Saint

Marina the Monk
Marina (in red) being brought to a monastery by her father Eugenius. 14th century French manuscript.
Confessor and Wonderworker
BornFifth or eighth century[1]
Al-Qalamoun (present-day Lebanon)[2]
DiedUncertain
Venerated in
Feast
PatronagePregnant women, girls
ControversyWoman joins monastery, falsely accused of fathering a child
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Marina, distinguished as Marina the Monk and also known as Marinos, Pelagia and Mary of Alexandria (Coptic: Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲛⲁ ⲛ̅ⲁⲥⲕⲏⲧⲏⲥ), was a Christian saint from part of Asian Byzantium, generally said to be present-day Lebanon.[9][10][11] Details of the saint's life vary.[a]

Marina probably lived in the 5th century, and the first biographical account was probably written sometime between 525 and 650; it is preserved in several manuscripts, including one from the tenth century.[12][13]

  1. ^ "Saint Marina of Bithynia". CatholicSaints.info. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  2. ^ Snelders, Bas; Immerzeel, Mat (2012–2013). "From Cyprus to Syria and Back Again: Artistic Interaction in the Medieval Levant". Eastern Christian Art. 9 (79): 79–106. doi:10.2143/ECA.9.0.3044824. A telling instance of Frankish involvement is found in a cave near the village of Qalamun, just to the south of Tripoli, which is said to be the birthplace of St Marina the Monk.
  3. ^ "Venerable Mary (who was called Marinus)". Orthodox Church in America.
  4. ^ Khūrī, Fuʼād Isḥāq (2004). Being a Druze. Routledge. p. 39. ISBN 9781904850014.
  5. ^ Roman Martyrology: "At Alexandria, the passion of St. Marina, virgin."
  6. ^ Synaxarion: "Saint Marina the nun of Qannoubeen (North of Lebanon)"
  7. ^ Martyrology: "At Venice, the translation of St. Marina, virgin." (See also: Church of San Marina, Venice (in Italian))
  8. ^ Coptic Synexarium: "The Commemoration of the Departure of St. Mary Known as Marina, the Ascetic"
  9. ^ Hourani, Guita G. (January–June 2000). "Saint Marina the Monk". The Journal of Maronite Studies. 4 (1). According to the most ancient accounts on Saint Marina the Monk, only one place of origin could be hers -- Lebanon. Clugnet resolves that until new discoveries are made, the only origin of Saint Marina must be the one known to us according to tradition and since the only tradition about this Saint is found among the Maronites of Lebanon, then Lebanon is to be considered the land of her birth (Clugnet 1904: 565). The Maronites resolutely believe that Marina originated in Lebanon and that as a monk she has lived and died in the Monastery of Qannoubine in the Holy Valley of Qadisha. J. Fiey in turn concludes that Marina in question is truly a local saint of Lebanon, victim of imposture (Fiey 1978: 33).
  10. ^ Hourani, Guita (2013). "The Vita of Saint Marina in the Maronite Tradition". Notre Dame University (Lebanon). Academia.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  11. ^ Tjernqvist, Madeléne (2017). "Woman Monks of Coptic and Christian Hagiography". uu.diva-portal.org. Uppsala University. According to Léon Clugnet, her place of birth is Lebanon
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference Constantinou 2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ Alice-Mary Talbot, Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints' Lives in English Translation (1996, ISBN 088402248X), page 2


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