ST See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• ST MARTIN (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

MARTIN (c. 316-400)  , See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• TOURS

Tours, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of See also:

• HEATHEN

heathen parents at Sabaria (See also:

• STEIN, CHARLOTTE VON (1742-1827)
• STEIN, HEINRICH FRIEDRICH KARL, BARON VOM

Stein am Agger) in See also:

• PANNONIA

Pannonia, about the See also:

• YEAR

year 316 . When ten years old he became a See also:

• CATECHUMEN (Lat. catechumenus, Gr. KarnXouµevos, instructed, from Kar17)(6v, to teach orally)

catechumen, and at fifteen he reluctantly entered the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . While stationed at See also:

• AMIENS

Amiens he divided his cloak with a See also:

• BEGGAR

beggar, and on the following See also:

• NIGHT

night had the See also:

• VISION (from Lat. videre, to see), or SIGHT

vision of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ making known to his angels this See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of charity to Himself on the See also:

• PART

part of "Martinus, still a catechumen." Soon afterwards he received See also:

• BAPTISM

baptism, and two years later, having See also:

• LEFT

left the army, he joined Hilary of See also:

• POITIERS

Poitiers, who wished to make him a See also:

• DEACON (Gr. S&& ovos, minister, servant)

deacon, but at his own See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request ordained him to the humbler See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of an See also:

• EXORCIST (Lat. exorcista, Gr. i oprcio•T17s)

exorcist . On a visit See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home he converted his See also:

• MOTHER

mother, but his zeal against the Arians roused persecution against him and for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he lived an ascetic See also:

• LIFE

life on the See also:

• DESERT

desert See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Gallinaria near See also:

• GENOA (anc. Genua, Ital. Genova, Fr. GPnes)

Genoa . Between 36o and 370 he was again with Hilary at Poitiers, and founded in the neighbourhood the monasterium locociagense (Licuge) . In 371-372 the See also:

• PEOPLE

people of Tours See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose him for their bishop . He did much to extirpate See also:

• IDOLATRY

idolatry from his See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese and from See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and to extend the monastic See also:

• SYSTEM

system . To obtain privacy for the See also:

• MAINTENANCE (Fr. maintenance, from maintenir, to maintain, support, Lat. manu tenere, to hold in the hand)

maintenance of his See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion, he established the monastery of Marmoutier-See also:

• LES

les-Tours (See also:

• MARTINI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1706–1784)
• MARTINI, SIMONE (1283-1344)

Martini monasterium) on the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the See also:

• LOIRE

Loire . At Treves, in 385, he entreated that the lives of the Priscillianist heretics should be spared, and he ever afterwards refused to hold ecclesiastical fellowship with those bishops who had sanctioned their See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution . He died at Candes in the year 400, and is commemorated by the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church on the 11th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November (duplex) . He left no writings, the so-called Confessio being See also:

• SPURIOUS

spurious . He is the See also:

• PATRON

patron See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint of France and of the cities of See also:

• MAINZ (Fr. Mayence)

Mainz and Wiirzburg .

The Life by his See also:

• DISCIPLE

disciple Sulpicius See also:

• SEVERUS
• SEVERUS, SULPICIUS (c. 363–c. 425)

Severus is practically the only source for his See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography, but it is full of legendary See also:

• MATTER

matter and See also:

• CHRONOLOGICAL

chronological errors . See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory of Tours gives a See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of 206 miracles wrought by him after his See also:

• DEATH

death; Sidonius See also:

• APOLLINARIS
• APOLLINARIS, SULPICIUS

Apollinaris composed a metrical biography of him . The Feast of St See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin (Martinmas) took the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of an old See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan festival, and inherited some of its usages (such as the Martinsmdnnchen, Martinsfeuer, Marlinshorn and the like, in various parts of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany); by this circumstance is probably to be explained the fact that Martin is regarded as the patron of drinking and jovial meetings, as well as of reformed drunkards . See A . See also:

• DUPUY, CHARLES ALEXANDRE (1851– )
• DUPUY, PIERRE (1582-1651)

Dupuy, Geschichte See also:

• DES

des heiligen Martins (See also:

• SCHAFFHAUSEN
• SCHAFFHAUSEN (Fr. Schaffhouse)

Schaffhausen, 1855) ; J . G . Cazenove in See also:

• DIET

Diet. chr. biog. iii . 838 .