Martin

316 - 397  (81 years)

• Name	Martin
  Birth	316	Szombathely, Vas, Hungary
  Military Service	From 321 to 351
  	As the son of a veteran officer, at age 15 he was required to join a cavalry ala.
  Military Service	From 334 to 354
  	He was stationed at Ambianensium civitas or Samarobriva in Gaul (now Amiens, France).
  Military Service	336
  	Martin would have been 45 years old when Julian acceded to the throne, and at the usual end of a military contract.
  Christening	354
  Gender	Male
  Feast+Days	11 November (Roman Catholic Church, Lutheran Church, and Anglican Communion) 12 November (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  Military Service	356
  	Richard A. Fletcher says that Martin served for five years before obtaining a discharge, two of them after his baptism in 354.
  He+founded+the+Abbey+of+St.+Martin+of+Ligug%C3%A9+at+a+site+offered+by+Bishop+Hilary+	361
  	of Poitiers. The abbey was later dedicated to Martin.
  Military Service	361
  	He served in the Roman cavalry in Gaul, but left military service at some point, when he became a disciple of Hilary of Poitiers.
  Occupation	361
  	He was acclaimed Bishop of Tours, where he impressed the city with his demeanor. He had been drawn there by a ruse; he was urged to come to minister to someone sick, and was brought to the church, where he reluctantly allowed himself to be consecrated b
  Occupation	From 371 to 397
  	3rd Bishop of Tours.
  Occupation	371
  	He was consecrated as Bishop of Caesarodunum (Tours).
  He+founded+the+Abbey+of+Marmoutier%2C+in+Tours%2C+France.++	372
  Military Service	It's likely he joined the Equites catafractarii Ambianenses, a heavy cavalry unit listed in the Notitia Dignitatum. As the unit was stationed at Milan and also recorded at Trier, it's likely to have been part of the elite cavalry bodyguard of the Empero
  Patronage+	against poverty; against alcoholism; Ba?rija, Malta; beggars; Beli Manastir; Archdiocese of Bratislava; Buenos Aires; Burgenland; cavalry; Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade; Conscientious Objectors Dieburg; Edingen equestrians; Foiano della Chiana;
  Religious Affiliation	As bishop, he was active in the suppression of the remnants of Gallo-Roman religion, but he opposed the violent persecution of the Priscillianist sect of ascetics.
  Religious Affiliation	At age 10 he attended the Christian church against the wishes of his parents and became a catechumen. Christianity had been made a legal religion in 313 in the Roman Empire.
  _FSFTID	G3GQ-J22
  Death	8 Nov 397	Candes, Lot, Midi-Pyrénées, France
  Burial	Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
  Person ID	I60862	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Praetor,   b. Abt 270, France d. DECEASED
  Mother	Mary,   b. 271, Gaul, Roman Empire d. Gaul, Roman Empire
  Family ID	F27029	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart