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-ft Nov. ii.] S. Martin. 261 excavate under the adjoining house, and before evening the continuation of the foundations of the choir were laid bare, and, crossed and somewhat injured by a thick wall of modern date, appeared a small oblong enclosure of stone, something between a coffin and a box. It showed signs of having once been arched over, and there was every probability that it was the sepulchre where the bones of S. Martin had once reposed. It was now eleven o'clock at night; hour after hour had passed in slow and careful search amidst the confused masses of ancient and modern foundations, and more than thirty persons were waiting in the outer cellar, communicating with others by only a hole in the wall. When those within called out that the ancient sepulchre had been found, a spontaneous burst of voices gave out the " Magnificat," which was echoed from cellar to cellar, and forth into the starlit street. A modern church, in execrable taste, has been erected on the site. At Montmorency is an arm-bone of the saint. Some fragments at Liguge; others at S. Martin's at Liege; others at Cologne. A body at Salzburg. Some oil, brought from heaven to rub the skin of the saint when sore, was used for the anointing of King Henry IV. in place of the oil of S. Remigius at Rheims. In art S. Martin is usually represented as a young tribune on horseback, dividing his cloak to give half to a beggar. ft- — . %,
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 | 00000315 |
Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Transcript | -ft Nov. ii.] S. Martin. 261 excavate under the adjoining house, and before evening the continuation of the foundations of the choir were laid bare, and, crossed and somewhat injured by a thick wall of modern date, appeared a small oblong enclosure of stone, something between a coffin and a box. It showed signs of having once been arched over, and there was every probability that it was the sepulchre where the bones of S. Martin had once reposed. It was now eleven o'clock at night; hour after hour had passed in slow and careful search amidst the confused masses of ancient and modern foundations, and more than thirty persons were waiting in the outer cellar, communicating with others by only a hole in the wall. When those within called out that the ancient sepulchre had been found, a spontaneous burst of voices gave out the " Magnificat," which was echoed from cellar to cellar, and forth into the starlit street. A modern church, in execrable taste, has been erected on the site. At Montmorency is an arm-bone of the saint. Some fragments at Liguge; others at S. Martin's at Liege; others at Cologne. A body at Salzburg. Some oil, brought from heaven to rub the skin of the saint when sore, was used for the anointing of King Henry IV. in place of the oil of S. Remigius at Rheims. In art S. Martin is usually represented as a young tribune on horseback, dividing his cloak to give half to a beggar. ft- — . %, |
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