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Martin of Arades

Benedictine monk, chapelain and confessor of Charles Martel, Saint

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Feast: 26 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
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unknown
Died
726
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Martin of Arades, also known as Martin of Corbie (died 26 November 726), was a Frankish Christian monk from Corbie Abbey, who is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. His feast day is 26 November.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • CatholicSaints.Info - Saint Martin of Arades — Monk of Corbie, chaplain and confessor of Charles Martel, died 726 at Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe. catholicsaints.info gives him his own entry and lists him among the patrons of Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe and of Aixe-sur-Vienne,
  • Wikidata Q60036981 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Martin of Arades (CC BY-SA)

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