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Saint Quirinus of Sescia

detail of a bas relief statue on the market well in Krk, Croatia, date and artist unknown; photographed on 12 October 2014 by Berthold Werner; image swiped from Wikimedia Commons Also known as

Quirinus of Siscia
Quirinus of Sciscia
Quirinus of Scythia
Quirinus of Sisak
Quirinus of Croatia
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Quirino…
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Bishop of Sescia (modern Sisak), Croatia. During the persecution of Galerius, he was ordered to sacrifice to pagan gods; he declined. Imprisoned, severely beaten, and martyred. While in prison he converted his jailer, Marcellus.

drowned in the River Raab with a millstone around his neck c.308

Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia
Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein
Short Lives of the Saints, by Eleanor Cecilia Donnelly

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Saints and Their Attributes, by Helen Roeder

other sites in english

images
- Santi e Beati
- Wikimedia Common

webseiten auf deutsch
- Bavaria Sancta

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati
- Wikipedia

MLA Citation

“Saint Quirinus of Sescia“. CatholicSaints.Info. 27 January 2024. Web. 24 April 2024. <>