(ca. 316–ca. 397/400). Martin of Tours was born at Sabaria in Pannonia (today Szombathely, Hungary). Much of his youth was spent in Italy, at Pavia, where his father, a Roman army officer, was posted. At about age fifteen, he joined the army but...

Saint Martin of Tours (Latin: Martinus), (316/317, Savaria, Pannonia – November 11, 397 in Candes) was a bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary...