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Marcellinus

American  
[mahr-suh-lahy-nuhs] / ˌmɑr səˈlaɪ nəs /

noun

  1. Saint, died a.d. 304, pope 296–304.


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“People expect to see these beautiful floats filled with flowers and tributes to the Virgin,” said Carlos Betancourt, 49, an organizer from St. Marcellinus in Commerce.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2022

If old Marcellinus were around today he might be fretting about the future of the U.S., because we are about to put the President in the loftiest chariot that man has yet devised.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the final days of Rome, the historian Ammianus Marcellinus noted, "The modern nobles measure their rank and consequence according to the loftiness of their chariots."

From Time Magazine Archive

Marcellinus is the only contemporary who remarks on its importance, cf.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

It may have been used as a burial-place for martyrs, and Professor Marucchi is inclined to see in it the sepulchral chapel of Pope Marcellinus, who died in a.d.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

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