St. Martin of Tours: Saint of the Day for Monday, November 11, 2024 (Mon, 11 Nov 2024)
Saint Martin of Tours was born in in Savaria, Pannonia in either the year 316 or 336 AD. That region is what is today the nation of Hungary. His father was a tribune, which is a high-ranking officer
in the Imperial Horse Guard. Martin and his family went with his father when he was assigned to a post at Ticinum, in Northern Italy. It is here that Martin would grow up. Just before Martin was
born, Christianity was legalized in the Roman Empire and the bloody persecution of Christians soon came ...
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