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|SaintName=Saint Martin of Tours | |SaintName=Saint Martin of Tours | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=November 11 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Savaria, Pannonia, Roman Empire (now Szombathely, Hungary) | |SaintBirthPlace=Savaria, Pannonia, Roman Empire (now Szombathely, Hungary) | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=47.2333, 16.6333 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=47.2333, 16.6333 | ||
|SaintDeathDate= | |SaintDeathDate=397-08-11 | ||
|DeathPlace=Candes-Saint-Martin, Loire Valley, Gaul, Roman Empire (now France) | |DeathPlace=Candes-Saint-Martin, Loire Valley, Gaul, Roman Empire (now France) | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=47.2167, 0.0667 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=47.2167, 0.0667 | ||
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|NotableLabel5=Italian pilgrimage site | |NotableLabel5=Italian pilgrimage site | ||
|NotableCoordinates5=43.8436, 10.4997 | |NotableCoordinates5=43.8436, 10.4997 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=France; Hungary; Italy; United Kingdom | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Diocese of Tours]] | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|Canonizer=Early Church | |Canonizer=Early Church | ||
|SaintMiracle1=Vision after sharing cloak with beggar | |SaintMiracle1=Vision after sharing cloak with beggar | ||
|SaintMiracle2=Raising three dead persons | |SaintMiracle2=Raising three dead persons | ||
|SaintMiracle3=Healing of paralytic and exorcisms | |SaintMiracle3=Healing of paralytic and exorcisms | ||
|Profession=Soldier; monk; bishop | |Profession=Soldier; monk; bishop | ||
|Patronage=Soldiers; France; horses; against poverty; conscientious objectors | |Patronage=Soldiers; France; horses; against poverty; conscientious objectors | ||
|Attributes=Cloak divided by sword; goose; beggar | |Attributes=Cloak divided by sword; goose; beggar | ||
|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 | ||
|ReviewLevel=0 | |ReviewLevel=0 | ||
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'''Saint Martin of Tours''' (Latin: ''Sanctus Martinus Turonensis''; c. 316/336 – 8 November 397) was a Roman soldier who became a Christian hermit and Bishop of Tours, renowned for his charity and missionary work in 4th-century Gaul.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Martin, Bishop of Tours |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/11/11/st--martin--bishop-of-tours-.html |website=Vatican News |access-date=2025-11-07}}</ref> According to his contemporary biographer Sulpicius Severus, Martin famously shared his military cloak with a freezing beggar at the gates of Amiens, later experiencing a vision of Christ wearing the garment, which prompted his baptism and conversion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Martin of Tours |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=81 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-07}}</ref> He founded the first monastery in Gaul at Ligugé and reluctantly accepted the episcopacy of Tours in 371, where he continued evangelizing pagans and establishing monastic communities. | '''Saint Martin of Tours''' (Latin: ''Sanctus Martinus Turonensis''; c. 316/336 – 8 November 397) was a Roman soldier who became a Christian hermit and Bishop of Tours, renowned for his charity and missionary work in 4th-century Gaul.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Martin, Bishop of Tours |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/11/11/st--martin--bishop-of-tours-.html |website=Vatican News |access-date=2025-11-07}}</ref> According to his contemporary biographer Sulpicius Severus, Martin famously shared his military cloak with a freezing beggar at the gates of Amiens, later experiencing a vision of Christ wearing the garment, which prompted his baptism and conversion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Martin of Tours |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=81 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-07}}</ref> He founded the first monastery in Gaul at Ligugé and reluctantly accepted the episcopacy of Tours in 371, where he continued evangelizing pagans and establishing monastic communities. | ||