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244 Lives of the Saints. [Nov.h.
Allemanni attacked him, and after a furious and bloody battle,
were routed. He then marched north, and defeated the Franks
on the Meuse. His manoeuvres in 359 met with brilliant
successes, and in 360 he was proclaimed Emperor by the
Gallic legions at Paris. Apparently in 358, in the midst of
* the war against the Franks and Allemanni, when Julian was
at Worms, Martin, the young tribune, made the untimely
claim to be released from military duty. Julian was indignant. A battle was imminent, and he scornfully refused the
petition, saying that Martin was a coward and feared the
battle. The young tribune answered, " Put me in the forefront of the army, without weapons or armour; but I will not
draw sword again. I am become the soldier of Christ."
Julian ordered him into irons. The Allemanni asked for
terms of peace, and then Martin was allowed to depart.
It is hardly possible to exonerate Martin from a culpable
preference for his own interests and welfare over those of his
country, in thus deserting the army at a time of great peril.
But the battle of Strassburg may have led him to conclude,
prematurely, that the barbarians were effectually humbled,
and their invasions permanently checked.
On leaving the army, Martin went to Poitiers, and placed
himself under the teaching of S. Hilary. The bishop desired
to confer on him diaconal orders, but the modesty of Martin
was alarmed, and he was with difficulty induced to receive
the inferior office of exorcist, an office which, according to
the statement of a modern biographer of S. Martin, " exposes the bearer to insult from the devil, who attacks him
with outrageous abuse, and even beats him." Not long after,
Martin felt himself impelled by affection for his parents to
revisit them in Pannonia. As he crossed the Alps he was
attacked by robbers, and one threatened him with his sword.
He was plundered of his money and other valuables, and
then dismissed, but not before he had spoken such words of
*-
| 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 | 00000288 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 244 Lives of the Saints. [Nov.h. Allemanni attacked him, and after a furious and bloody battle, were routed. He then marched north, and defeated the Franks on the Meuse. His manoeuvres in 359 met with brilliant successes, and in 360 he was proclaimed Emperor by the Gallic legions at Paris. Apparently in 358, in the midst of * the war against the Franks and Allemanni, when Julian was at Worms, Martin, the young tribune, made the untimely claim to be released from military duty. Julian was indignant. A battle was imminent, and he scornfully refused the petition, saying that Martin was a coward and feared the battle. The young tribune answered, " Put me in the forefront of the army, without weapons or armour; but I will not draw sword again. I am become the soldier of Christ." Julian ordered him into irons. The Allemanni asked for terms of peace, and then Martin was allowed to depart. It is hardly possible to exonerate Martin from a culpable preference for his own interests and welfare over those of his country, in thus deserting the army at a time of great peril. But the battle of Strassburg may have led him to conclude, prematurely, that the barbarians were effectually humbled, and their invasions permanently checked. On leaving the army, Martin went to Poitiers, and placed himself under the teaching of S. Hilary. The bishop desired to confer on him diaconal orders, but the modesty of Martin was alarmed, and he was with difficulty induced to receive the inferior office of exorcist, an office which, according to the statement of a modern biographer of S. Martin, " exposes the bearer to insult from the devil, who attacks him with outrageous abuse, and even beats him." Not long after, Martin felt himself impelled by affection for his parents to revisit them in Pannonia. As he crossed the Alps he was attacked by robbers, and one threatened him with his sword. He was plundered of his money and other valuables, and then dismissed, but not before he had spoken such words of *- |
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