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Also known as

• Marcellinus of Ambrun
• Marcelino….
• Marcellí d’Ambrun

Memorial

• 20 April

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Priest. Missionary to the Dauphiné area of France and Switzerland in the early 4th century. First Bishop of Embrun, France, consecrated by Saint Eusebius of Vercelli. When the Arian heresy arrived in his area, Marcellinus was forced to flee into the mountains and care for his diocese from exile.

Born

• North Africa

Died

• c.374 of natural causes
• relics transferred to Digne-les-Bains, France in the 10th century
• relics destroyed in the anti-Christian excesses of the French Revolution

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

MLA Citation

• “Saint Marcellinus of Embrun“. CatholicSaints.Info. 6 November 2023. Web. 3 May 2024. <>