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Saints Marcellinus and Peter
 Pope St. Damasus is the source for much of the information concerning these two men. His account says that the story of the martyrdom of these two men was given to him by their executioner who later became a Christian. Marcellinus, a priest, and Peter, an exorcist, died in the year 304. According to a legendary account of their martyrdom, the two Romans saw their imprisonment as just one more opportunity to evangelize and managed to convert their jailer and his family. The legend also says that they were beheaded in the forest so that other Christians wouldn't have a chance to bury and venerate their bodies. Their bodies were found and taken away by two women and buried on the Via Labicana.

Though we know very little about these two men martyred during the rule of Diocletian, there is no question that the early church venerated them. One piece of evidence showing the respect in which they were held is the basilica Constantine built over their tombs and the presence of their names in the first Eucharistic prayer.

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