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Saint Marinus
Saint Marinus is the traditional founder of San Marino, said to have been a Christian stonemason from the island of Rab in Dalmatia. According to tradition he took refuge on Monte Titano from the persecution of Diocletian and founded a community there on 3 September 301, the date celebrated as the republic's foundation. He is the patron saint of San Marino, whose basilica holds his relics.
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