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๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฒ: ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ซ ๐ โข ๐๐ญ. ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐๐ซ
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In the year 298, the birthday of the Emperor Maximian was celebrated with extraordinary solemnity. St. Marcellus, a Christian centurion in one of the legions then stationed in Spain, refused to take part in the sacrifices offered to the gods, and declared himself a Christian. He threw down his arms and the vine-branch, which was the mark of his dignity.
Anastasius Fortunatus, the prefect of the legion, having learned the fact, commanded St. Marcellus to be cast into prison. After the feast, the prisoner was brought before the Prefect, who asked the reason for this conduct. St. Marcellus replied that it was his religion. Hereupon the Prefect declared that he would have to lay his case before Maximian and Caesar Constantius.
The latter ruled over Gaul and Spain, and he was most favorable to the Christian. However, St. Marcellus was sent under a strong guard to Aurelian Agricolus, vicar to the Prefect of the praetorium, who was then at Tangier in Africa. When St. Marcellus admitted the truth of the accusation, he was condemned to death for the desertion and impiety. Cassian, the notary of the court, refused to write the sentence, which he declared to be unjust. In consequence of this, he, too, was condemned to death. St. Marcellus was beheaded on October 30, and St. Cassian suffered death on the 3rd of the following December.
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๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐บ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ-๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ต. ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ.
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