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This site follows the traditional Roman calendar of 1962, as found in the 1962 Roman Missal used at the Traditional Latin Mass. Some feast days fall on different dates than in the General Roman Calendar of 1969, revised after the Second Vatican Council.
Martinus adhuc catechumenus hac me veste contexit.
Sulpicius Severus, Life of St. Martin
Martin, still a catechumen, clothed Me with this garment.
About Today
On November 11 the 1962 calendar keeps St. Martin of Tours, Bishop and Confessor, with a commemoration of the holy martyr St. Mennas.
His Life
Martin was a Roman soldier who had not yet been baptized. One winter day at the gates of Amiens he met a beggar shivering with cold, and he drew his sword and cut his cloak in two to share it with him.
That night Martin saw Christ wearing the half of the cloak and telling the angels that Martin had clothed Him. He was baptized soon afterward, left the army, and later became Bishop of Tours, where he was loved for his charity and for bringing the Faith to the countryside of Gaul.
A Lesson for Today
Christ tells us that what we do for the least of His brethren we do for Him. Martin gave only half a cloak, but he gave it at once.
Sancte Martine, ora pro nobis.
St. Martin, pray for us.