{"id":1489,"date":"2016-06-01T00:15:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T04:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=1489"},"modified":"2026-07-05T15:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T19:58:18","slug":"sts-marcellinus-and-peter-feast-day-june-2nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/sts-marcellinus-and-peter-feast-day-june-2nd","title":{"rendered":"Sts. Marcellinus and Peter (Feast Day \u2013 June 2nd)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marcellinus, a priest, and Peter, an exorcist, died in the year 304. They were arrested, imprisoned and beheaded in the forest so that the Christians would not have a chance to bury and venerate their bodies.\u00a0Very little is \u00a0about Sts. Marcellinus and Peter, but there is no question that the early church venerated them. 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