Tuesday – 9th Week in Ordinary Time – A – Optional Memorial of Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs
The two martyrs honoured today, Saints Marcellinus and Peter, were among the most beloved martyrs of the early Roman Church. Even though relatively little is known about them historically compared to more famous saints like Saint Peter himself, the Apostle, or Saint Lawrence, suffice it to say that Marcellinus was a priest and Saint Peter was an exorcist in the early Church of Rome during the terrible persecution under the Emperor Diocletian around the year 304.