death_date attributes feast_day imagesize venerated_in titles major_shrine article_title name
~ 303 ad orb , sceptre march -rrb- 25 ; june 16 -lrb- translation of relics 250px roman catholic church martyr tegernsee , bavaria quirinus of tegernsee
 saint quirinus of tegernsee
quirinus of tegernsee

saint quirinus of tegernsee , or quirinus of rome -lrb- not to be confused with quirinus of neuss , also sometimes called `` quirinus of rome '' -rrb- , is venerated as a martyr and saint of the third century .
according to one tradition , he was beheaded during the reign of claudius gothicus -lrb- 268-70 -rrb- .
his corpse was thrown into the tiber and later found at tiber island .
quirinus was , according to another legendary account , the son of philip the arab .
according to the legendary `` acts '' of the martyrs saint maris and saint martha , a roman martyr quirinus -lrb- cyrinus -rrb- was buried in the catacomb of pontian .
however , the itineraries to the graves of the roman martyrs do not mention him .
his legend was later connected with tegernsee abbey in bavaria , where his relics had been translated in the eighth century , during the reign of king pippin and pope zacharias .
however , quirinus ' relics may have been translated instead during the papacy of pope paul i -lrb- term 757-767 -rrb- , around 761 .
