Saint Maginus (

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: San Magín;

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: Sant Magí) was a

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in the late third and early fourth centuries in

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. Orphaned early, he was a hermit in a cave on Mount Brufaganya for thirty years. Upon the arrival of the

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prefect Dacian to Tarragona, persecuting Christians under the edict of

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, Maginus tried to convert them to the faith and was imprisoned. Freed miraculously, he left the city by a gate now called Sant Magí, where he dedicated a chapel and returned to Mount Brufaganya. Captured in the cave again, he was taken to Tarragona and transferred to

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, where he was beheaded on 25 August 306. He is the patron saint of Tarragona and his feast day is on August 19.

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* http://santmagi.ecervera.cat/presentacio3_1/_5G1ICS7tAW4CSxkeE83pfeiyiRVcz-l2VGLm7wMsPr7z4U6-SXMUuQ Saints from Hispania Catalan Roman Catholic saints Catholic martyrs Hermits in the Roman Empire Christians in the Roman Empire 306 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Catalonia-bio-stub