Marina of Bithynia
According to tradition, Marina von Bithynien , (Marina lat. "Those who live by the sea") lived in Bithynia in the 5th or 6th century .
Little is known about Marina, according to legendary tradition from the 5th century, she was admitted to a Syrian monastery together with her widowed father and disguised as a boy under the name of Marinos . When a woman accused the alleged monk Marinos of being the father of her illegitimate child, Marinos left the monastery (in another tradition she was eventually expelled from the community after many humiliations) and later looked after the child in a hermitage outside the gates . It was only after her death that it became apparent that it had actually been a woman.
In Christian iconography she is represented either in the garb of a consecrated virgin or as a hermit .
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marina of Bithynia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | early Christian virgin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | uncertain: 4th century or 5th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | uncertain: 5th century or 6th century |