# Therinus

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{{Short description|Greek saint}}
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|feast_day=April 23
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|caption=Saint Therinus (middle), depicted in a mosaic inside the [Rotunda of Thessaloniki](/source/Arch_of_Galerius_and_Rotunda).
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'''Therinus''' ({{langx|sq|Terin}}, [Greek](/source/Greek_language): Θερινός),<ref name="Elsie">{{cite journal|last=Elsie|first=Robert|title=The Christian Saints of Albania|journal=Balkanistica |volume=13|publisher=American Association for South Slavic Studies|year=2000|page=36|url=http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/modern_languages/BalkArticle2.html}}</ref> also known as '''Therinus of Buthrotum''', was a [Christian saint](/source/Christian_saint) revered in [Albania](/source/Albania). 

== Life and martyrdom ==
“The Martyrdom of Therinus” was a manuscript written in [Epirus](/source/Epirus) probably during the 5th-8th century AD.<ref name=":0">Nikolaos (2018). E06577: The Greek Martyrdom of *Therinos (martyr of Bouthroton, S00395) is written probably in Bouthroton/Buthrotum (Epirus, western Balkans), and probably at some point from the 5th to the 8th century.. University of Oxford. Online resource. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.13904981.v1</nowiki></ref> It explains during the reign of Roman Emperor [Decius](/source/Decius), the local governors of Roman provinces were replaced by more brutal ones with the intent of prosecuting more [christians](/source/christians).<ref name=":0" /> In the Roman-controlled city of [Buthrotum](/source/Butrint), a new governor, Phillipos, of the province of [Thesprotia](/source/Thesprotia) was confronted by Therinus who professes his faith to [Christianity](/source/Christianity).<ref name=":0" /> Because of this, the governor decides to [torture](/source/torture) Therinus in multiple various ways and from there, the manuscript was broken off.<ref name=":0" />

In the ending of the [Latin](/source/Latin) version of the manuscript, from all the miraculous salvations of all the tortures that he inflicted upon Therinus, causes the governor to convert. He lives 3 and a half more years before he died<ref name=":0" /> and was massacred during a wave of [anti-Christian persecution](/source/Persecution_of_Christians_in_the_Roman_Empire), most likely at the time of Emperor Decius (r. 249–251). His feast day is celebrated on April 23rd<ref>{{cite book |last=Elsie |first=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aAtQZ0vjf5gC&dq=Saint+Therinus+of+Butrint&pg=PA249 |title=A dictionary of Albanian religion, mythology, and folk culture |publisher=NYU Press |year=2000 |isbn=0-8147-2214-8 |page=249}}</ref> and he was buried in a city called ‘Bosrena’.<ref name=":0" /> The city Bosrena is believed to be a corruption of the [Greek](/source/Greek_language) derived Botrotos (Bouthroton). Another theory proposed was the Arabic city of [Bosra](/source/Bosra), which is highly unlikely.

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Saints}}
* [Buthrotum](/source/Buthrotum)
* [Donatus of Butrint](/source/Donatus_of_Butrint)

==References==
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Category:3rd-century Christian saints
Category:Saints of Roman Macedonia
Category:People from Buthrotum
Category:Year of death unknown
Category:Year of birth unknown
Category:Greek saints
Category:Eastern Orthodox Christians from Albania
Category:Decian persecution

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