Marcellinus
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Marcellinus may refer to:
- Pope MarcellinusPope MarcellinusPope Saint Marcellinus, according to the Liberian Catalogue, became bishop of Rome on June 30, 296; his predecessor was Pope St CaiusMarcellinus’ pontificate began at a time when Diocletian was Roman Emperor, but had not yet started to persecute the Christians. He left Christianity rather free and...
, third century pope - Ammianus MarcellinusAmmianus MarcellinusAmmianus Marcellinus was a fourth-century Roman historian. He wrote the penultimate major historical account surviving from Antiquity...
, Roman historian - Marcellinus (writer)Marcellinus (writer)Marcellinus was the author of a Life of Thucydides, found in some of the ancient commentaries on the History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides. Nothing else is known for certain about this Marcellinus, but he probably lived in about the 6th century, and compiled his biography from passages in...
, author of the life of Thucydides - Marcellinus (magister officiorum)Marcellinus (magister officiorum)Marcellinus was a Roman Empire officer under Roman Emperor Constans and usurper Magnentius.Marcellinus was comes rerum privatarum of Emperor Constans. He played a major role in the election of Magnentius to the rank of Augustus at Augustodunum, on January 18, 350...
(d. c. 351), officer of Emperor Constans and of usurper Magnentius - Marcellinus of Gaul (d. 374), saint and evangelist
- Marcellinus of CarthageMarcellinus of CarthageMarcellinus 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's...
(d. 413), saint and martyr - Marcellinus and PeterMarcellinus and PeterSaints Marcellinus and Peter were two 4th century Christian martyrs in the city of Rome.-Life:Very little is known about the two martyrs' lives. Marcellinus, a priest, and Peter, an exorcist, died in the year 304, during the persecution of Diocletian...
(d. 304), two Christian martyrs - Marcellinus (magister militum)Marcellinus (magister militum)Marcellinus was a Roman general and patrician who ruled over the region of Dalmatia in the Western Roman Empire and held sway with the army there from 454 until his death.-Origins:...
(d. c. 468) a Roman general who took part in the invasion of Africa against Geiseric, together with Heraclius and Basiliscus - Marcellinus ComesMarcellinus ComesMarcellinus Comes was a Latin chronicler of the Eastern Roman Empire. An Illyrian by birth, he spent most of his life at the court of Constantinople, which is the focus of his surviving work.-Works:...
(Count Marcellinus), 6th-century chronicler - Narcissus, Argeus, and MarcellinusNarcissus, Argeus, and MarcellinusSaints Narcissus, Argeus and Marcellinus are Christian saints and martyrs. Tradition states that they were brothers enlisted as soldiers in the army of Licinius. After refusing to perform military service due to their faith, they were tried and put to death at Tomi...
, martyrs at Tomi