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Saint Gavinus (Italian: San Gavino) is a Christian saint who is greatly celebrated in Sardinia Italy as one of the Martiri turritani (Martyrs of Turris) along with his companions Saints Protus and Januarius.He was probably a Roman soldier martyred for the Christian faith during the persecution of Diocletian in 304 in the city of Porto Torres (Latin: Turris) according to the legend on the orders of the governor (preside) of Sardinia and Corsica a certain Barbarus.The well-known Romanesque church of Gavoi is dedicated to him as is the town of San Gavino Monreale and a number of communes in Corsica.The 11th-century Basilica of San Gavino in Porto Torres Sassari is also dedicated to this saint.