Saint Quirinus of Rome, or
Quirinus of
Tegernsee, is venerated as a
martyr and
saint of the third century.
According to one tradition, he was beheaded during the reign of
Claudius Gothicus (268-70).
His corpse
was thrown into the Tiber and later found at
Tiber
Island
. Quirinus was, according to another
legendary account, the son of
Philip the
Arab.
According to the legendary
Acts of the martyrs St.
Maris and St.
Martha, a Roman martyr Quirinus
(Cyrinus) was buried in the
Catacomb
of Pontian. However, the Itineraries to the graves of the Roman
martyrs do not mention him.
His legend
was later connected with the abbey of Tegernsee
in Bavaria
, where his
relics had been translated in
the eighth century, during the reign of King Pippin and Pope
Zacharias. However, Quirinus' relics may have been
translated instead during the papacy of Paul I, around 761.
Veneration
Kapelle St Quirinus, Tegernsee
His feast is celebrated on
March 25.
Perhaps this Quirinus is meant by the expression "Romæ sancti Cyri"
found in the "Martyrologium Hieronymianum" of
March 24 (cf. "Acta SS.", III, March, 543 sqq.;
Dufourcq "Les Gesta martyrum romains", I, 240).
Quirinus' cult flourished from its center at Tegernsee, and a
larger stone church was built in 1450 to house his coffin.
References
- CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sts. Quirinus
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