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unusual facts about St. Marinus



Ancient Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

in 720, famous for rebuilding the Abbey of Farfa, of which the third abbot, Lucerius, was also a native of Maurienne; St. Marinus, monk of Chandor, martyred by the Saracens (eighth century); St. Landry, pastor of Lanslevillard (eleventh century), drowned in the Arc during one of his apostolic journeys; St. Bénézet, or Benoit de Pont (1165–84), b.


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1763 in art

Matthäus GüntherFrescos in Benedictine Abbey Church of St. Marinus and St. Anianus, Rott am Inn