Apr 20 - Saint Marcellinus - Bishop of Embrun - 374
From the Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints.
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