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Martin of Tours - Hungary - 4th
Century
Martin must be one of the great characters of the
Heavenly Kingdom. He gave up army life, saying “I am a soldier of Christ, it
is not lawful for me to fight”.
He lived as a monk and set up one of the first
monasteries at Poitiers. The people demanded that he be their bishop and
tricked him into taking that responsibility. Some people thought that his
scruffy hair and shaggy appearance wasn’t a good sign.
He was a compassionate man, who pleaded with The Emperor
for Priscillian and his followers, who were accused of being a threat to
The State, with their radical ideas. While still a soldier, he gave half
his regal cloak to a beggar and saw Christ wearing the half cloak in Heaven.
His prayer was “Lord if your people still need me,
praised be your good will”.
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