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SUMMARY:Saint Martin of Tours
DESCRIPTION:Image: Statue of Saint Martin of Tours on the dome of the Basilica of Saint Martin of Tours | photo by ZohaStel\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Martin of Tours\nSaint of the Day for November 11\n(c. 316 – November 8\, 397)\nClick to hear audio clip ► \nSaint Martin of Tours’ Story\nA conscientious objector who wanted to be a monk; a monk who was maneuvered into being a bishop; a bishop who fought paganism as well as pleaded for mercy to heretics—such was Martin of Tours\, one of the most popular of saints and one of the first not to be a martyr. \nBorn of pagan parents in what is now Hungary and raised in Italy\, this son of a veteran was forced at the age of 15 to serve in the army. He became a Christian catechumen and was baptized at 18. It was said that he lived more like a monk than a soldier. At 23\, he refused a war bonus and told his commander: “I have served you as a soldier; now let me serve Christ. Give the bounty to those who are going to fight. But I am a soldier of Christ and it is not lawful for me to fight.” After great difficulties\, he was discharged and went to be a disciple of Hilary of Poitiers. \nHe was ordained an exorcist and worked with great zeal against the Arians. He became a monk\, living first at Milan and later on a small island. When Hilary was restored to his see after exile\, Martin returned to France and established what may have been the first French monastery near Poitiers. He lived there for 10 years\, forming his disciples and preaching throughout the countryside. \nThe people of Tours demanded that he become their bishop. He was drawn to that city by a ruse—the need of a sick person—and was brought to the church\, where he reluctantly allowed himself to be consecrated bishop. Some of the consecrating bishops thought his rumpled appearance and unkempt hair indicated that he was not dignified enough for the office. \nAlong with Saint Ambrose\, Martin rejected Bishop Ithacius’s principle of putting heretics to death—as well as the intrusion of the emperor into such matters. He prevailed upon the emperor to spare the life of the heretic Priscillian. For his efforts\, Martin was accused of the same heresy\, and Priscillian was executed after all. Martin then pleaded for a cessation of the persecution of Priscillian’s followers in Spain. He still felt he could cooperate with Ithacius in other areas\, but afterwards his conscience troubled him about this decision. \nAs death approached\, his followers begged him not to leave them. He prayed\, “Lord\, if your people still need me\, I do not refuse the work. Your will be done.” \n\nReflection\nMartin’s worry about cooperation with evil reminds us that almost nothing is either all black or all white. The saints are not creatures of another world: They face the same perplexing decisions that we do. Any decision of conscience always involves some risk. If we choose to go north\, we may never know what would have happened had we gone east\, west or south. A hyper-cautious withdrawal from all perplexing situations is not the virtue of prudence; it is\, in fact\, a bad decision\, for “not to decide is to decide.” \n\nSaint Martin of Tours is the Patron Saint of:\nHorses\nSoldiers\nSouth Africa
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