Byzantine Saints: Venerable Marinus, and her father, Venerable Eugene, at Alexandria (12 February)

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On February 12th, the Church commemorates Venerable Mary, called Marinus, and her father Eugene — a powerful story of humility, hidden holiness, and heroic virtue. After the death of her mother in the early 6th century, Mary’s father Eugene chose to enter a monastery in Bithynia (Asia Minor). Unable to bear separation from her father and desiring to consecrate herself fully to Christ, Mary disguised herself in male clothing and entered monastic life under the name Brother Marinus. Known for extraordinary humility and obedience, “Brother Marinus” lived in hidden sanctity. After her father’s death, she intensified her ascetical life and received the gift of casting out demons. Her greatest trial came when an innkeeper’s daughter falsely accused her of fathering her illegitimate child. Rather than defend herself, Mary accepted the humiliation in silence. Expelled from the monastery, she lived in poverty outside its walls and raised the child as her own. Only after her holy death did the monks discover the truth — that Brother Marinus was in fact a woman who had lived a life of heroic virtue. The innkeeper’s daughter publicly repented and was immediately healed of demonic possession at the saint’s tomb. Her relics were later transferred to Constantinople and then to Venice in 1113. This extraordinary saint teaches us: • The power of humility • The strength of silent endurance • The beauty of hidden sacrifice • Trust in God's justice over self-defense May we learn from her example to embrace humiliation for Christ and seek sanctity in hiddenness. 🙏 Venerable Mary (Marinus), pray for us. 0:00 – February 12 Commemoration 0:20 – Life in 6th Century Bithynia 0:36 – Entering the Monastery Disguised as Marinus 0:54 – Her Virtues of Humility and Obedience 1:04 – Gift of Healing and Exorcism 1:10 – The False Accusation 1:46 – Accepting Exile Without Defense 1:53 – Raising the Child in Humility 2:07 – Return to the Monastery 2:21 – Her Holy Death 2:30 – The Secret Revealed 2:42 – Repentance and Miraculous Healing 2:54 – Relics Transferred to Constantinople and Venice https://www.oca.org/saints/lives 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.com for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 SensusFidelium.TV - https://sensusfidelium.tv/@SensusFidelium 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 GabTV - https://tv.gab.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/sensusfidelium ▶️ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ ▶️ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶️ 6. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶️ 7. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Bastyon: https://bastyon.com/sensusfidelium 🔴 GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/sensus_fidelium 🔴 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sensusfidelium/ 🔴 Telegram: https//t.me/RealSensusFidelium 🔴 Truth Social - @SensusFidelium ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #CatholicSaints #SaintOfTheDay #VenerableMary #Marinus #LivesOfTheSaints #February12 #CatholicFaith #ChurchHistory #HiddenHoliness #Humility

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