Marinus of Caesarea
Roman soldier and Christian martyr
Feast: 3 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Caesarea in Palestine, Saints Marinus, a soldier, and Asterius, a senator, martyrs under the Emperor Gallienus: the first, denounced as a Christian by a hostile fellow soldier, professed his faith in a clear voice before the judge and received the crown of martyrdom by beheading; tradition says that Asterius, having spread his own garment on the ground, gathered up the martyr's body and at once himself received the same honour he had paid to the martyr.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 3 March as a soldier martyred by beheading at Caesarea in Palestine under the Emperor Gallienus.
Connected on this site
- Asterius of Caesarea Saint“After Asterius gave a Christian burial to the Roman soldier Marinus of Caesarea, who suffered martyrdom, he too was condemned to death and beheaded.” — Wikipedia
- Roman Martyrology, 3 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1083918 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Marinus of Caesarea (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.