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242 Lives of the Saints. rNov. n
for a special post, the curator chosen by the Government was
generally an old soldier, who had long been tried and trusted;
and early Christian history throws, incidentally, a favourable
light upon the moral qualities of the Roman officers. These
qualities were mainly formed by thoroughness of work and
discipline.
Martin spent three years in the army before he was baptized ; he spent them with one servant as his companion in
the tent, sharing with him work and privations. His corps
was in Gaul, at Ambianum, the modern Amiens. One bitter
winter's day, as he was passing the gate of the city, he saw a
poor beggar nearly naked, so utterly ragged were his clothes.
Martin, filled with pity, cut his mantle in two, and gave half
to the beggar. The bystanders jeered, but Martin heeded
them not. Next night, as he slept, he saw Christ Jesus seated
on his throne, surrounded by the hosts of heaven, wearing
the half mantle of Martin over his shoulders. " See !" he
heard the Saviour say, " this is the mantle which Martin,
yet a catechumen, gave me."
Popular imagination fixed on a certain spot at Amiens as
the scene of the charity of Martin ; a chapel was built there
before the time of Gregory of Tours. It grew to be an abbey,
S. Martin aux Jumeaux, so called from the twin towers of
the neighbouring church of S. Nicolas. King Louis XL, in
1472, gave an endowment to the church of S. Martin at
Tours, for the perpetual support of a poor bedesman, who
should wear as his livery a mantle of two colours, part red,
the other white, in commemoration of the severed mantle of
Martin. Martin was baptized after this dream at Amiens,
when aged eighteen. He remained in the army two years
longer, till 358. In 355 and 356 the Franks and Allemanni
had broken through the frontiers of Gaul and devastated a
portion of the province. Cologne, Worms, Treves, Spires,
Strassburg, Tongern, and other cities, forty-five in all, togethei
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| Title | The lives of the saints - 13 |
| Creator | Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine) |
| Publisher | J. Grant |
| Place of Publication | Edinburgh |
| Date | 1914 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000284 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 242 Lives of the Saints. rNov. n for a special post, the curator chosen by the Government was generally an old soldier, who had long been tried and trusted; and early Christian history throws, incidentally, a favourable light upon the moral qualities of the Roman officers. These qualities were mainly formed by thoroughness of work and discipline. Martin spent three years in the army before he was baptized ; he spent them with one servant as his companion in the tent, sharing with him work and privations. His corps was in Gaul, at Ambianum, the modern Amiens. One bitter winter's day, as he was passing the gate of the city, he saw a poor beggar nearly naked, so utterly ragged were his clothes. Martin, filled with pity, cut his mantle in two, and gave half to the beggar. The bystanders jeered, but Martin heeded them not. Next night, as he slept, he saw Christ Jesus seated on his throne, surrounded by the hosts of heaven, wearing the half mantle of Martin over his shoulders. " See !" he heard the Saviour say, " this is the mantle which Martin, yet a catechumen, gave me." Popular imagination fixed on a certain spot at Amiens as the scene of the charity of Martin ; a chapel was built there before the time of Gregory of Tours. It grew to be an abbey, S. Martin aux Jumeaux, so called from the twin towers of the neighbouring church of S. Nicolas. King Louis XL, in 1472, gave an endowment to the church of S. Martin at Tours, for the perpetual support of a poor bedesman, who should wear as his livery a mantle of two colours, part red, the other white, in commemoration of the severed mantle of Martin. Martin was baptized after this dream at Amiens, when aged eighteen. He remained in the army two years longer, till 358. In 355 and 356 the Franks and Allemanni had broken through the frontiers of Gaul and devastated a portion of the province. Cologne, Worms, Treves, Spires, Strassburg, Tongern, and other cities, forty-five in all, togethei ft- |
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