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|SaintName=Saint Martin of Tours | |SaintName=Saint Martin of Tours | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=November 11 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Savarim, Pannonia, Roman Empire (now Szombathely, Hungary) | |SaintBirthPlace=Savarim, Pannonia, Roman Empire (now Szombathely, Hungary) | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=47.2333, 16.6333 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=47.2333, 16.6333 | ||
|SaintDeathDate= | |SaintDeathDate=397-08-11 | ||
|DeathPlace=Candé, Loire-et-Cher, Kingdom of the Franks | |DeathPlace=Candé, Loire-et-Cher, Kingdom of the Franks | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=47.6167, 1.1333 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=47.6167, 1.1333 | ||
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|NotableLabel3=Episcopal seat and burial place | |NotableLabel3=Episcopal seat and burial place | ||
|NotableCoordinates3=47.3942, 0.6853 | |NotableCoordinates3=47.3942, 0.6853 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=France; Hungary | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Diocese of Tours]] | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|Canonizer=Early Church | |Canonizer=Early Church | ||
|SaintMiracle1=Sharing cloak with beggar who revealed as Christ | |SaintMiracle1=Sharing cloak with beggar who revealed as Christ | ||
|SaintMiracle2=Raising a catechumen from the dead | |SaintMiracle2=Raising a catechumen from the dead | ||
|SaintMiracle3=Calming a storm at sea | |SaintMiracle3=Calming a storm at sea | ||
|Profession=soldier; bishop | |Profession=soldier; bishop | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Early Christian Church | |ReligiousAffiliation=Early Christian Church | ||
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|PrimaryShrine=Basilica of St. Martin, Tours, France | |PrimaryShrine=Basilica of St. Martin, Tours, France | ||
|AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church; Anglican Communion | |AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church; Anglican Communion | ||
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'''Saint Martin of Tours''' (Latin: '''Sanctus Martinus Turonensis'''; c. 316 – 8 November 397), also known as '''Saint Martin the Confessor''', was a Roman soldier who became a Christian hermit and bishop of Tours, France, revered as one of the patron saints of France.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09727b.htm |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Martin of Tours |publisher=New Advent |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> According to historical accounts, particularly the 5th-century ''Vita Sancti Martini'' by Sulpicius Severus, Martin was born in Savaria, Pannonia (modern Szombathely, Hungary), to pagan parents, baptized at age 18 after sharing his cloak with a beggar in Amiens (winter 337), and discharged from military service around 336 to pursue monastic life, founding the first monastery in Gaul at Ligugé near Poitiers c. 361.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=164 |title=St. Martin of Tours - Saints & Angels |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> Elected bishop of Tours against his will in 371, he established the Marmoutier hermitage and evangelized rural pagans, dying peacefully in Candé after 26 years of ministry. | '''Saint Martin of Tours''' (Latin: '''Sanctus Martinus Turonensis'''; c. 316 – 8 November 397), also known as '''Saint Martin the Confessor''', was a Roman soldier who became a Christian hermit and bishop of Tours, France, revered as one of the patron saints of France.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09727b.htm |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Martin of Tours |publisher=New Advent |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> According to historical accounts, particularly the 5th-century ''Vita Sancti Martini'' by Sulpicius Severus, Martin was born in Savaria, Pannonia (modern Szombathely, Hungary), to pagan parents, baptized at age 18 after sharing his cloak with a beggar in Amiens (winter 337), and discharged from military service around 336 to pursue monastic life, founding the first monastery in Gaul at Ligugé near Poitiers c. 361.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=164 |title=St. Martin of Tours - Saints & Angels |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> Elected bishop of Tours against his will in 371, he established the Marmoutier hermitage and evangelized rural pagans, dying peacefully in Candé after 26 years of ministry. | ||