Saint Martial


Martial
Saint Martial receives the pastoral staff from Saint Peter, in a fresco in the Palais des Papes, Avignon
Bishop
Died3rd century
prob. Limoges
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholicism
Major shrineShrine of St Martial in the church of St Michel des Lions, Limoges.
Feast30 June
Attributesraising the dead to life[1]

Martial (3rd century), called "the Apostle of the Gauls" or "the Apostle of Aquitaine", was the first bishop of Limoges. Venerated as a Christian Saint, his feast day is 30 June.