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Location Candes-Saint-Martin, France
Description
Bishop of Tours (317 - 397)
Feast / Memorial Day: November 11
Patronage: horsemen, the impoverished, soldiers, tailors
Also known as Martinus Turonensis
+ HISTORICO-LITURGICAL NOTE:
St Martin died at Candes, near Tours, in France on November 8, 397. His feast was celebrated from the 8th century through the Middle Ages on November 11, the day of his burial.
According to the biography written by Sulpicius Severus, Martin was born in Hungary to a Roman official and was educated at Pavia in Italy. He enlisted in the imperial guard and it is said that he gave half of his cloak to a beggar in 334 and later Christ appeared to him in a dream, wearing the selfsame cloak. He was baptized a Christian in 337 after spending six years as a catechumen. He received the minor order of exorcist but after St Hilary of Poitiers was exiled, Martin returned to Hungary, where he converted his mother. When Hilary returned to Poitiers, Martin also went there and took up the life of a hermit at a place that later became the site of the monastery of Liguge, the first monastery in France, revived in 1852 by the Benedictine of Solesmes. After he brought back to life a catechumen, Martin had the reputation of a miracle worker and was elected a bishop of Tours in 371, dedicating his efforts to evangelization. In 375 he founded a monastery at Marmoutiers and from there he sent forth priest-monks. The monastery attracted many vocations and for a long time, it was the center of all monastic life in France.
He resisted the representatives of the Roman Empire and gained liberty for the Church. At the same time, he was criticized by some bishops and priests who would not accept the austere life that Martin expected of them. He died at a rural parish where he was trying to pacify the divided clergy.
Martin is one of the best loved and most popular saints. The period in late autumn is called St Martin's summer in popular tradition because when the leaves are falling from the trees, the people enjoy the new wine, which is a symbol of the fruit of the Christian virtue.
+ FURTHER READING:
Feast / Memorial Day: November 11
Patronage: horsemen, the impoverished, soldiers, tailors
Also known as Martinus Turonensis
+ HISTORICO-LITURGICAL NOTE:
St Martin died at Candes, near Tours, in France on November 8, 397. His feast was celebrated from the 8th century through the Middle Ages on November 11, the day of his burial.
According to the biography written by Sulpicius Severus, Martin was born in Hungary to a Roman official and was educated at Pavia in Italy. He enlisted in the imperial guard and it is said that he gave half of his cloak to a beggar in 334 and later Christ appeared to him in a dream, wearing the selfsame cloak. He was baptized a Christian in 337 after spending six years as a catechumen. He received the minor order of exorcist but after St Hilary of Poitiers was exiled, Martin returned to Hungary, where he converted his mother. When Hilary returned to Poitiers, Martin also went there and took up the life of a hermit at a place that later became the site of the monastery of Liguge, the first monastery in France, revived in 1852 by the Benedictine of Solesmes. After he brought back to life a catechumen, Martin had the reputation of a miracle worker and was elected a bishop of Tours in 371, dedicating his efforts to evangelization. In 375 he founded a monastery at Marmoutiers and from there he sent forth priest-monks. The monastery attracted many vocations and for a long time, it was the center of all monastic life in France.
He resisted the representatives of the Roman Empire and gained liberty for the Church. At the same time, he was criticized by some bishops and priests who would not accept the austere life that Martin expected of them. He died at a rural parish where he was trying to pacify the divided clergy.
Martin is one of the best loved and most popular saints. The period in late autumn is called St Martin's summer in popular tradition because when the leaves are falling from the trees, the people enjoy the new wine, which is a symbol of the fruit of the Christian virtue.
(Enzo Lodi, Saints of the Roman Calendar)
+ FURTHER READING:
- EWTN - St Martin of Tours
- All Saints Blogspot - St Martin of Tours
- A Year of Prayer Blogspot - St Martin of Tours
- Wikipedia - Martin of Tours
+ CHANGELOG:
- Update 10.04.2015: Rescanned and recolored original sketch.
- Update 05.17.2018: From half-body to whole body illustration.
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