Saint Quirinus

Saint Quirinus of Neuss, a Roman martyr, is venerated as a saint by both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. His cultus was centered at Neuss in Germany, despite his burial place being in Rome. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, a Roman martyr named Quirinus was buried in the Catacomb of Prætextatus on the Via Appia. The Martyrologium Hieronymianum (ed....