Saint
Martin of Tours
Bishop and Confessor
Born
316 or 336
Savaria, Diocese of Pannonia (modern-day Hungary)
Died
8 November 397 (aged 60-81)
Candes, Gaul
Venerated in
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodoxy
Anglican Communion
Lutheranism
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Feast
11 November (Catholic Church, Lutheran Church, and Anglican Communion)
12 November (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Attributes
Man on horseback sharing his cloak with a beggar; man cutting cloak in half; globe of fire; goose
Patronage
Against poverty; against alcoholism; Baħrija, Malta; beggars; Beli Manastir; Archdiocese of Bratislava; Buenos Aires; Burgenland; cavalry; Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade; Dieburg; Edingen equestrians; Erfurt; Foiano della Chiana; France; geese; horses; hotel-keepers; innkeepers; Kortrijk; diocese of Mainz; Montemagno; Olpe; Ourense; Pietrasanta; Pontifical Swiss Guards; quartermasters; reformed alcoholics; riders; Taal, Batangas; Touraine;[1] Bocaue, Bulacan; Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart; soldiers; tailors; Utrecht; vintners; Virje; wine growers; wine makers; Wissmannsdorf and Villadoz; Torre di Mosto
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