Talk:Martin of Tours

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[edit] concatenated articles

I just edited out some joker's addition about Martin of Tours going to McDonald's every day. I think this article needs to be checked over because of vandalism. 19 September 2006

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As it now stands, this is two concatenated articles. Someone should go back to the Life and other primary sources and tidy it up. M.e 04:21, 23 May 2004 (UTC)

The German version of this page mentions that in the Middle Age Nov 11 was the last day before a 40-days fast period preceding Christmas.

I read somewhere that Martin giving only half of his coat to the poor was related to the fact that in Roman military, half of the cloating was paid by the state (and Martin won't give away what wasn't his). Does anybody confirm this ?

Is the celebration on the 11th of november somehow related to Halowe'en? There are certain similarities:

  • (roughly) the time of year
  • lanterns (which are sometimes carved from sugar beets or turnips)
  • trick-or-treating

I'll ask this same question on Talk:Halloween as well. --Aalbert

Does this make sense? Also in the east part of the Belgian province of East-Flanders and the west part of West Flanders, --13:07, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Just wondering -- would it be worth it to mention Severus' attitude toward soldiers? The biography tends to downplay the fact that Martin was a soldier, which suggests that Severus shared the late antique hostility toward the army. (See Brown, Late Antiquity). The medieval hagiographers, of course, went in the opposite direction -- it might be an interesting compare and contrast. -- 9:09 CST, 20 February 2005

The use of nineteenth century material is intolerable and the influence of the 1911 Britannica is deleterious. The following works seem indispensable for a proper understanding:

  • Jacques Fontaine, "Vie de saint Martin", in Sources Chretiennes, nos.133, 134, 135, published 1967, 1968, 1969.
  • Claire Stancliffe, "St.Martin and his Hagiographer, History and Miracle" in Sulpicius Severus, Oxford, 1983.

A separate entry is needed for the Cult of Saint Martin, which is an immense subject----Clive Sweeting.

We look forward to your thorough revamp of the article(s). --Wetman 05:53, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm surprised there's no mention of the legend of the duck. He's often shown dressed as a bishop with a duck at his feet. 70.150.135.114 23:06, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Often? where?--Wetman 00:19, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
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