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	Martin of Tours - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		St Martin as a bishop: modern icon in the chapel of the Eastern Orthodox Monastery of the Theotokos and St Martin, Cantauque, Provence.
		Saint Martin of Tours (Latin: Martinus), (316/317 – November 11, 397 in Candes) was a bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela.
		In 371 Martin was acclaimed bishop of Tours, where he impressed the city with his demeanor, and by the enthusiasm with which he had temples demolished or burnt, altars smashed and sculpture defaced.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Martin_of_Tours (1766 words)

	St. Martin's Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Martin's Day is November 11, the feast day of Martin of Tours, who gave half his cloak to a beggar so he could hide his poverty.
		Martin's Day actually has two meanings: in the agricultural calendar it marks the beginning of the natural winter, but in the economic calendar it is seen as the end of autumn.
		Among Estonians, St. Martin's Day also marks the end of the period of all souls, as well as the autumn period in the Estonian popular calendar when the souls of the ancestors were worshipped that lasted from November 1 to St. Martin's Day.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St._Martin's_Day (1000 words)

	Martin of Tours
		Martin contended that the secular power had no authority to punish heresy, and that the excommunication by the bishops was an adequate sentence.
		Martin was furious, and excommunicated the bishops responsible.
		The Feast of Martin, a soldier who fought bravely and faithfully in the service of an earthly sovereign, and then elisted in the service of Christ, is also the day of the Armistice which marked the end of the First World War.
	www.satucket.com /lectionary/Martin_Tours.htm (600 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Martin of Tours
		Martin was very desirous of returning to Gaul, but, learning that the Arians troubled that country also and had even succeeded in exiling Hilary to the Orient, he decided to seek shelter on tbe island of Gallinaria (now Isola d'Albenga) in the middle of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
		Martin remained about ten years in this solitude, but often left it to preach the Gospel in the central and western parts of Gaul, where the rural inhabitants were still plunged in the darkness of idolatry and given up to all sorts of gross superstitions.
		Martin hurried to Trier, not indeed to defend the Gnostic and Manichaean doctrines of Priscillian, but to remove him from the secular jurisdiction of the emperor.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09732b.htm (1306 words)

	Martin of Tours - OrthodoxWiki
		After his death he was buried in Tours where, in time, a large basilica was built as the shrine of St. Martin of Tours.
		Martin of Tours died on November 11, 397, at Candes.
		Martin of Tours continues to be remembered in many parts of western Europe through annual processions and the giving of presents to children on his day, November 11, instead of December 6 (St. Nicholas) or December 25 (Christmas).
	www.orthodoxwiki.org /Martin_of_Tours (687 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Martin of Tours
		Martin was badly abused by the heretics, at one point even by the order of the Arian bishop.
		Martin declined, citing unworthiness Rusticus, a wealthy citizen of Tours, claimed his wife was ill and asking for Martin; when he arrived in the city, he was declared bishop by popular acclamation, consecrated on 4 July 372.
		Martin knew long in advance the time of his death and he told his brethren that it was near.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintm07.htm (937 words)

	Sankt Martin (St. Martin), Heiliger Martin von Tours/Lexikon/Englisches Lexikon
		Martin on a white horse, a beggar and a lot of children with their parents, singing St. Martin`s songs - this is the procession at St. Martin´s eve.
		Martin was born in 316 or 317, son of a Roman officer.
		Martin is patron-saint of countries and soldiers, knights, voyagers, refugees, flsmiths, armourers, herdsmen, beggars, clothmakers, hatmakers, glove-makers, webbers, tanners, taylors, farmers, winegrowers, landlords, millers, tipplers (!) and even animals (horses, dogs, birds).
	www.martin-von-tours.de /lexikon/print.taf?seite=englisch_lexikon.html (3334 words)

	St. Martin of Tours
		Martin was ordained and eventually, and reluctantly, became Bishop of Tours in 370 C.E. Martin's "creative violence" towards his own property and his refusal to show destructive violence towards other of God's children who called themselves soldiers, seemed to become the principle by which he also dealt with controversy.
		Martin was not excessively popular with other bishops, because he lived simply and was ardently opposed to any violence in the repression of unbelief and heresy.
		Martin's memory is much misused by those who want to use him as a symbol of the pious soldier in service of state violence.
	www.anglocatholicsocialism.org /martinmas.html (932 words)

	Life of St. Martin
		Martin, therefore, having been asked to lay his hands on him, ordered the servant to be brought to him; but the evil spirit could, in no way, be brought forth from the cell in which he was: he showed himself so fearful, with ferocious teeth, to those who attempted to draw near.
		When Martin ordered it to depart, it laid hold of a certain member of the family, who was staying in the inner part of the house; and the poor wretch began at once to rage with his teeth, and to lacerate whomsoever he met.
		Then, proceeding to Martin, he presented the girl to him, as an obvious living example of his power of working miracles, inasmuch as she had been cured by him though absent; and he would not suffer her to be consecrated by any other than Martin, through his placing upon her the dress characteristic of virginity.
	www.users.csbsju.edu /~eknuth/npnf2-11/sulpitiu/lifeofst.html (9672 words)

	St. Martin of Tours
		Martin, called "the glory of Gaul," was born about the year 316 of pagan parents in Sabaria, Upper Pannonia, a province comprising northern Yugoslavia and western Hungary.
		Martin was so reluctant to accept the office that they resorted to stratagem and called him to the city to give his blessing to a sick person, then forcibly conveyed him to the church.
		Martin stood and bared his breast, at sight of which the armed man fell backwards, and in terror begged forgiveness.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/MARTIN.htm (1873 words)

	St. Martin of Tours
		Martin was born in that part of the Roman Empire which is now called Hungary.
		Though he was the son of pagan parents, he was drawn from his youth to the Christian faith and at the age of ten he asked to be made a catechumen.
		Martin was the first to be called Saint without having been martyred, and immediately his grave at Tours became the most venerated shrine in Gaul; his memory the most honored in all the West, and many churches and villages were dedicated to this holy Saint of France.
	www.fatheralexander.org /booklets/english/saints/martin_tours.htm (1142 words)

	Saint Martin's University - About Us -
		Saint Martin of Tours, patron saint of Saint Martin's College, figures prominently in the development of Christianity in fourth-century Europe.
		Martin cut his flowing cavalry cloak in two and gave half to warm the beggar.
		Some time thereafter, Martin had a vision in which the beggar revealed himself to be the Lord Jesus Christ.
	www.stmartin.edu /About/MartinOfTours.htm (260 words)

	St. Martin of Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		From 360 onwards, Martin devoted himself to the monastic life; indeed, he is regarded as the virtual founder of Western monasticism.
		In an age when Christianity was largely confined to towns, Martin saw monasteries as a way of promoting rural evangelisation based on spiritual centres.
		Martin's followers panicked when he told them he knew he was near death, but the saint entrusted himself to the Lord's will in the words: "Lord if your people still need me I do not refuse the work; let your will be done".
	www.hullp.demon.co.uk /SacredHeart/saint/StMartinoftours.htm (284 words)

	St. Martin of Tours
		Martin is the patron saint of military chaplains, which I was.
		And the "Mother Church" of Acadiana in Louisiana is St. Martin of Tours, in St. Martinville.
		Martin was very desirous of returning to Gaul, but, learning that the Arians troubled that country also and had even succeeded in exiling Hilary to the Orient, he decided to seek shelter on the island of Gallinaria (now Isola d'Albenga) in the middle of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
	wquercus.com /acadie/martin.htm (1165 words)

	Saint Martin of Tours - Catholic Online
		Martin was also dedicated to freeing of prisoners, so much so that when authorities, even the emperors, heard he was coming, they refused to see him because they knew he would request mercy for someone and they would be unable to refuse.
		Martin agreed completely that Priscillian was teaching heresy (among other things, he rejected marriage, and said that the world was created by the devil) and that he should be excommunicated.
		Martin stated his case that this was a church matter and that secular authority had no power to intervene and that excommunication of the heretics was punishment enough.
	www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=81 (3020 words)

	Amy Steedman: Saint Martin of Tours
		So Martin was set at liberty, and no one doubted his courage and faithfulness; since they believed that his faith in God had brought peace, and given them the victory over their enemies.
		When he was made Bishop of Tours and could no longer live in the solitude he loved, still he strove to be the best bishop it was possible to become, just as when he was a soldier he tried to be as good a soldier as he knew how to be.
		It was evening and Martin was praying in his cell, when a bright light filled the place, and in the midst of the light he saw a figure clad in royal robes and with a crown of gold and jewels upon his head.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/stm07002.htm (2229 words)

	The Parish of Llay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Church was built as the third daughter church of the Parish of Gresford, and until 1944 it was under the Pastoral Care of the Curates of Gresford.
		Martin took his sword, cut his coat in two, and gave half to the poor man. That night, he had a dream.
		Martin was eventually elected as Bishop of Tours.
	www.zyworld.com /parishofllay (301 words)

	Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : November 11, 2005 : Martin of Tours; Veterans' Day (USA)
		Martin is the first bishop and confessor honored by the Church in the West.
		Martin was eighteen years old when he received the sacrament of holy baptism.
		Martin, recognizing the deceit, replied, "The Lord Jesus Christ never prophesied that He would come in purple robes and royal crown." The apparition immediately vanished.
	www.catholicculture.org /lit/calendar/day.cfm?date=2005-11-11 (1492 words)

	Lives of the Saints, November 11, Saint Martin of Tours
		Martin did not have a penny to give him, but he remembered the text of the Gospel: “I was naked, and you clothed Me.” “My friend,” he said, “I have nothing but my weapons and my garments.” And taking up his sword, he divided his cloak into two parts and gave one to the beggar.
		Martin succeeded in converting his mother, but was driven from his home by the Arians.
		Unarmed and attended only by his monks, Martin destroyed the heathen temples and groves, and completed by his preaching and miracles the conversion of the people.
	magnificat.ca /cal/engl/11-11.htm (520 words)

	Images of St Martin of Tours
		A plaque of St Martin on the chair given in memory of former Provost Richard Mayston reminds the Dean (Formally Provost) that all must be welcome in St Martin's Cathedral.
		Martin is carved on the alter itself and this reminds us that Dunstan followed in the footsteps of Martin.
		Many of the representations of Martin in the Cathedral show the famous incident when although still a soldier, he cut his officer's cloak to share with a cold poor man. After this, Martin had a vision of Jesus and became a Christian and ultimately a Bishop and Saint.
	www.cathedral.leicester.anglican.org /stmartin.html (363 words)

	The Ecole Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He is said to have followed his father's profession as a soldier until he split his cloak to share it with a beggar and learned in a dream that he had given it to Christ.
		Martin opposed the teachings of Bishop Priscillian, who believed that Christians should renounce all pleasure, and opposed the civil authorities who tried the Spanish bishop for sorcery and heresy.
		Martin and other clergy, among them Ambrose of Milan, opposed the death penalty for magicians.
	www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/martint.html (232 words)

	Saint Martin of Tours Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The history of St. Martin of Tours begins with the early history of Sacred Hearts Parish and is interwoven with the history of surrounding area, during the time that Wisconsin was still a territory.
		In 1858, Father Franz Weinhart, a German priest, was instructed by Bishop John Martin Henni to establish the new church on land donated by Holy Assumption Church.
		The land donated was sufficient for the erection of the church, rectory and a plot for the cemetery.
	www.stmoftours.org /history.cfm (1828 words)

	The Legends of Bishop Martin of Tours
		Martin, called "the glory of Gaul," was born about the year 316 of pagan parents in Pannonia, a province comprising northern Yugoslavia and western Hungary.
		When Martin was about twenty, some Teutonic tribes invaded Gaul, and with his comrades he went before the Emperor Julian to receive a war-bounty.
		Martin took refuge with a priest near Genoa, and stayed there until Hilary returned to Poitiers in 360.
	www.eldrbarry.net /mous/saint/martours.htm (1241 words)

	Life of St. Martin: Contents
		Martin demolishes an Altar consecrated to a Robber.
		Martin causes the Bearers of a Dead Body to stop.
		Martin is tempted by the Wiles of the Devil.
	www.users.csbsju.edu /~eknuth/npnf2-11/sulpitiu/lifemart.html (118 words)

	St. Martin of Tours - Saint of the Day - American Catholic
		A conscientious objector who wanted to be a monk; a monk who was maneuvered into being a bishop; a bishop who fought paganism as well as pleaded for mercy to heretics—such was Martin of Tours, one of the most popular of saints and one of the first not to be a martyr.
		For his efforts, Martin was accused of the same heresy, and Priscillian was executed after all.
		Martin then pleaded for a cessation of the persecution of Priscillian’s followers in Spain.
	www.americancatholic.org /Features/SaintOfDay/default.asp?id=1196 (603 words)

	"Martin of Tours" from Ignatius Press - 2006 - Spring
		Martin of Tours lived in the 4th century, at that great turning point in history when the Roman Empire fell and the Church took charge in the West.
		He left a successful career in the military life to become a monk, and later a Bishop who traveled extensively, evangelizing the countryside and creating that particular sort of community life in a village that is now called a "parish".
		Martin of Tours was a servant of the common man, as well as the nobility, and a very humble man who responded to the needs of his times and opened up vast perspectives for ordinary, everyday life.
	www.ignatius.com /ViewProduct.aspx?SID=1&Product_ID=2780&AFID=12& (290 words)

	St Martin of Tours School - San Jose, California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nondiscriminatory policy: St. Martin's Elementary School, mindful of its mission to be a witness to the love of Christ for all, admits students of any race, color, national and/or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.
		It does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and/or ethnic origin, age, sex, or disability in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
		Martin of Tours School, 300 O'Connor Dr, San Jose, CA 95128 (View Map)
	www.stmartinoftoursschool.org /admissions.php?page=content/adm_criteria.html (437 words)

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