Martin of Braga | |
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 Image of Saint Martin of Braga in a 10th-century manuscript. | |
| Born | c. 520 Pannonia |
| Died | 580 (age 60) |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church[1] |
| Feast | 20 March |
Saint Martin of Braga (in Latin Martinus Bracarensis, in Portuguese, known as Martinho de Dume c. 520–580 AD), also known as Saint Martin of Dumio, was an archbishop of Bracara Augusta in Gallaecia (now Braga in Portugal), a missionary, a monastic founder, and an ecclesiastical author. According to his contemporary, the historian Gregory of Tours, Martin was plenus virtutibus ("full of virtue") and in tantum se litteris imbuit ut nulli secundus sui temporis haberetur ("he so instructed himself in learning that he was considered second to none in his lifetime").[2] He was later canonized by the Catholic Church for his work in converting the inhabitants of Gallaecia to Chalcedonian Christianity, being granted the cognomen of "Apostle to the Suevi". His feast day is 20 March.[3]
- ^ "Russian Church officially adds saints of Spain, Portugal to liturgical calendar", Orthodox Christiantity
- ^ Decem Libri Historiarum, V.37; translated by Lewis Thorpe, History of the Franks (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974), p. 301
- ^ Ghezzi, Bert. Voices of the Saints, Liturgical Press, ISBN 978-0-8294-2806-3