SHARING WITH OTHERS
THE NAME OF THE ST MARTIN TOwER, MARTIN oF TOURS (LATIN MARTINUS, BORN AROUND 316/317 IN SAVARIA, TODAY SZOMbATHELY, hUNGARY, DIED IN 397 IN CANDES near TOURS IN fRANCE) was the third bishop of tours
MARTIN OF TOURS
St. Martin is one of the most popular saints of Christianity. He was one of the first to be declared a Saint by the Roman Church for his heroic life and his Christian life-style.
ST MARTIN TODAY
The ascetic friar was an idol for the priests of the Latin Church for the following centuries due to his rectilinearity and he is still worshipped today for having been particularly sophisticated and for his energetic way of handling challenges in life.