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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Marina, Egyptian ascetic living disguised as a monk

Saint ID

S00936

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01846Fragments of a Coptic Life of *Marina (Egyptian ascetic living disguised as a monk, S00936), describing her severe asceticism, living disguised as a monk, and her endurance and faith when suffering false accusation; composed probably in the 5th–7th c., preserved in a manuscript of the 9th/11th c.
E04855The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 18 June.