Veneration
Local Christians of Savaria recovered his body and buried it near the gate known as the “Scarabateus” (likely at Sopron)
Upon the incursion of the barbarians into Pannonia at the end of the fourth century and at the beginning of the fifth, his relics were taken to Rome and deposited in a mausoleum or vaulted chamber named Platonia, behind the apse of the Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori le mura on the Appian Way (De Waal, Die Apostelgruft ad Catacumbas an der via Appia, Rome, 1894). The "Platonia" was a construction at the rear of the basilica; it was long believed to have been the temporary tomb for Peter and Paul, but was a tomb for Quirinus.
His cult became popular, as attested by the Itineraries of the 7th century. Some sources state that his relics were translated to various locations, including Milan, Aquileia, and the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome. His relics may have also been carried to Tivoli. There is a cult of Saint Quirinus of Tivoli, who may or may not be the same saint.
A church is dedicated to him at Jesenovik, Croatia.
His feast is observed on June 4.
Read more about this topic: Quirinus Of Sescia
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“Erasmus was the light of his century; others were its strength: he lighted the way; others knew how to walk on it while he himself remained in the shadow as the source of light always does. But he who points the way into a new era is no less worthy of veneration than he who is the first to enter it; those who work invisibly have also accomplished a feat.”
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