ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 15th of May MARINUS I, POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index ([Pope Martin II.; 882-884) There is reason for believing that Marinus I was elected on the very day of the death of John VIII (December 16, 882), and that he was consecrated without waiting for the consent of the incompetent emperor, Charles the Fat. If the actual date of his election is uncertain, that of his death is still more so; but it was perhaps May 15, 884. In the seventh century there was a pope, St Martinus I, and, owing to the similarity between the names Martinus and Marinus, some chroniclers called Pope Marinus Martinus. Hence, some modern historians have erroneously described the two popes Marinus as Martinus II and Martinus III respectively, and the successor of Nicholas III called himself Martinus IV. Marinus about whom but little is known, had a distinguished career before he became pope. He was the son of the priest Palumbo, was born at Gallese, and ...