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Martin, St.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Bishop of Tours, was in early life a soldier, and meeting with a naked beggar one cold day in winter divided his military cloak in two, and gave him the half of it; was conspicuous both as a monk and bishop for his compassion on the poor; seated at a banquet on one occasion between the king and queen, hobnobbed with a poor beggar looking on, and extended his goblet of wine to him; he is the patron saint of topers; d . 397. Festival, November 11.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Martin, St.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​m/martin-st.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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