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Life of St. Martin: Contents
Table of contents page for the Life of St. Martin, by Sulpitius Severus. Links to specific chapters and notes, and to a text-only version. [eng] |
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Biography: Martin of Tours, bishop, theologian (11 NOV 397); Armistice Day
Martin was born around 330 of pagan parents. His father was a soldier, who enlisted Martin in the army at the age of fifteen. One winter day he saw an ill-clad beggar at the gate of the city of Amiens. Martin had no money to give, but he cut his cloak in half and gave half to the beggar. (Paintings of the scene, such as that by El Greco, show Martin, even without the cloak, more warmly clad than the beggar, which rather misses the point.) [eng] |
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The Order of Saint Martin
On 7 February 1997 the Quartermaster Corps established the Military Order of Saint Martin, a suspended medallion similar to the Artillery/Air Defense Order of Saint Barbara. This award has three grades. The first presentations of the Order of Saint Martin were made at the Quartermaster Regimental Ball at Fort Lee, VA in June 1997. For award recommendation information go to the Association of Quartermasters website. On this website you will find: Criteria for Nomination ; How to Request and Guidance for Wear. [eng] |
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St. Martin of Tours
St. 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. His father was an officer in the Roman army who had risen from the ranks. While Martin was still a child, his father was transferred to a new station in Pavia, north Italy. Here the boy learned of Christianity, felt drawn to it, and became a catechumen. [eng] |
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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Martin of Tours
Bishop; born at Sabaria (today Steinamanger in German, or Szombathely in Hungarian), Pannonia (Hungary), about 316; died at Candes, Touraine, most probably in 397. In his early years, when his father, a military tribune, was transferred to Pavia in Italy, Martin accompanied him thither, and when he reached adolescence was, in accordance with the recruiting laws, enrolled in the Roman army. [eng] |
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Patron Saints Index: Saint Martin of Tours
Patron Saint Index profile of Saint Martin of Tours; illustrated. [eng] |
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November 11 Saint
ST. MARTIN OF TOURS This soldier saint lived in the fourth century. He joined the Roman army in Italy when he was only fifteen. Although his parents were pagans, he began to study the Christian religion. Those who study the Christian religion are called catechumens until they are baptized. [eng] |
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DIALOGUES OF SULPITIUS SEVERUS. Translated by Alexander Roberts
From: A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Second Series, Volume 11. [eng] |
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Martin, Saint, c.316-397, bishop of Tours. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
c.316–397, bishop of Tours. Born a heathen in Pannonia (in modern Hungary), the son of a soldier, he became a convert and refused to fight Christians. He went (c.360) to St. Hilary of Poitiers and built himself a hermitage. In 371 he was acclaimed bishop, against his will. [eng] |
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