Martin of Tours

Saint Martin of Tours (Latin: Martinus), (b. 316 or 317 – Candes, November 11, 397) was a bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary material accrued and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Roman Catholic saints. Some of the accounts of his travels may have been interpolated into his vita to give credence to early sites of his cult. His life was recorded by a contemprary, the hagiographer Sulpitius Severus.

Bibliography

Lörincz, Zoltán (2000) Szent Márton, Savaria szülötte (Saint Martin, the Son of Savaria). Szombathely, B.K.L. Kiadó - Pannon Lapok Társasága. This book (written in Hungarian) contains an essay on St Martin and his cult in Hungary and Europe, with a discussion of artworks depicting his life.

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