ON SAINT CLINIUS, MONK OF MONTE CASSINO, AT AQUINUM.
CommentaryClinius, monk of Monte Cassino, at Aquinum in Italy (Saint)
[1] Baronius inscribed two Saints for this month of March in the Roman Martyrology, on the instruction of Flaminius Philonardus, Bishop of Aquinum and Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, a man, as he calls him, of the finest character and learning. The first of these is Peter the Spanish hermit, his name in the Roman Martyrology: who is venerated at Babuci in the territory of the Hernici on March 11, on which day we gave his Acts, and we prefaced certain things about the Philonardus family. The other, inscribed to this March 30, reads thus: At Aquinum, of St. Clinius, Confessor: and Baronius notes that the ancient records of the Church of Aquinum, communicated to him by the Reverend Lord Flaminius Philonardus, Bishop of that See, concern him. We have not yet been able to obtain the said records: Ferrarius also laments in his Catalogue of the Saints of Italy that he could not obtain the Acts long requested from the Bishop of Aquinum: yet he published some things received from the records of the Church of Aquinum, which we give from him, and they are as follows:
[2] Epitome of his life: Clinius or Clinus, a Greek by nation, having become a monk of Monte Cassino, was renowned for the holiness of his life and for miracles. He was the Provost of the Church of Foresta (whose title is St. Peter, between Pontecorvo and the fortress of Guglielmo; the common people call the place St. Peter of the Forest), and after having served God there for some years, at last, laden with merits, he fell asleep in the Lord. His body, laid in a marble sarcophagus in the aforementioned church, is piously preserved and venerated: for he is the Patron of that place. So says Ferrarius, whom Bucelinus copies in his Benedictine Menologion. The time at which he flourished is not indicated. Concerning
Aquinum we treated on March 7 before the Life of St. Thomas Aquinas, section 2.