St. Martin was
born in Pannonia (now Hungary), joined the Roman army and served in Italy
and then in Gaul, where the famous episode of his 'charity' took place.
One winter day in 337 he met a beggar shivering with cold. Martin cut his
cloak in two and handed one to the pauper. At night he saw a dream, in
which Christ, wearing the half of his cloak came and thanked him. Martin
left the Roman army and converted to Christianity. He founded a monastery
of Liguge in Poitou, in 370 he was elected bishop of Tours. Until his death
in 397 he fulfilled his Episcopal functions, worked as a missionary throughout
western France. He founded the monastery of Marmoutier, which became one
of the largest abbeys in the west. His religious work gave him the name
Apostle of the Gauls.
St. Martin is a patron saint of soldiers and knights, as well as of
drapers, furriers and tailors. He is also one of the patrons of French
monarchy.
See: Anthony van Dyck St.
Martin Dividing His Cloak.
Jean Fouquet St.
Martin.
El Greco St.
Martin and the Beggar, St.
Martin and the Beggar.
Masolino St.
John the Evangelist and St. Martin of Tours.
Simone Martini. St.
Martin is Dubbed a Knight, St.
Martin Renounces of Arms,St.
Martin and the Beggar,St. Martin's
Dream,
Death
of St. Martin.
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