Back ماتورينوس ARZ Maturino de Larchant Spanish Mathurin de Larchant French מטורינוס HE Maturino di Langres Italian Maturini Swahili
Saint Maturinus | |
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.jpg) Statue of Saint Maturinus. Church of Tessy-sur-Vire. | |
| Born | Larchant |
| Died | ~300 AD Rome |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church[1] |
| Feast | November 1 |
| Patronage | comic actors, jesters, and clowns, as well as the patron saint of sailors (in Brittany), of tinmen (in Paris)[2] and of plumbers;[3] invoked against mental illness and infertility.[2] |
Maturinus, or Mathurin[4] (died ca. 300 AD[2]) was a Gallo-Roman exorcist and missionary venerated as a saint.
The first source to mention Maturinus is the Martyrology of Usuard, written in 875.[2] In the next century, a biography of Maturinus was composed.
- ^ Mathurin (Maturinus). November 1. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ^ a b c d Saint Mathurin
- ^ San Maturino
- ^ Variants of the name include Matilin, Matelin, Mathelin, Maturin, Maturino. See http://pagesperso-orange.fr/damien.jullemier/sts/st-mathurin.htm