02 July - Martinian of Rome is a Roman soldier assigned to guard the inmates of the Mamertine prison in Rome, together with Proces . They are particularly responsible for watching over St. Peter and St. Paul, according to tradition.
Both were converted after listening to the preaching of two apostles. Saint Peter brought forth a miraculous spring for the water of their baptism. They were both beheaded on the Via Aurelia. They are represented under torture, on a painting painted in 1629 by Valentin de Boulogne (Vatican Picture Gallery). Martinien is the patron saint of prison guards.
