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E04091: Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (4.6), recounts that during the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours in July 589, twelve paralytics and three blind men were healed and five possessed men were exorcised. *Aredius (monk of Limoges, ob. 591, S00302) attended the festival, and Martin cured a crippled woman through his hands. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 588/594.
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posted on 2017-10-01, 00:00 authored by kwojtalikGregory of Tours, Miracles of Martin (Libri de virtutibus sancti Martini episcopi) 4.6
Anno quoque quarto decimo regis supradicti, adveniente solemnitate sancti, duodecim paralytici directi, tres caeci inluminati, quinque inergumini emundati sunt. Adfuit huic festivitati et Aridius Lemovicinae urbis abba, cui in superioribus libellis meminimus, per quem Dominus paralyticam unam, quae per octo annos carrucae superposito in atrio beati confessoris decubuerat, directis vestigiis, restauravit. Nam adserebat ipse vir Dei, sensisse se quasi beati Martini manum, cum infirmae membra, inposito signo crucis, tactu salutari palparet.
'When it was time for the saint’s festival during the fourteenth year [of the reign] of the aforementioned king [Childebert], twelve paralytics were healed, three blind men received their sight, and five possessed men were cleansed. In attendance at this festival was Abbot Aredius of Limoges, whom I have mentioned in previous books and through whom the Lord healed a paralyzed woman. For eight years this woman had been placed on a wagon; after she lay in the courtyard [of the church] of the blessed confessor, her feet were straightened and she recovered. For Aredius, the man of God, himself claimed that he had felt as it were the hand of the blessed Martin when he made the sign of the cross and stroked the limbs of the crippled woman with the healing touch.'
Florentianus, mayor of the palace, and Romulf, a count, attended the festival and were greatly impressed by Martin's glory.
Text: Krusch 1969, 200-201. Translation: Van Dam 1993, 286-287, lightly modified (= de Nie 2015, 779-781).
Anno quoque quarto decimo regis supradicti, adveniente solemnitate sancti, duodecim paralytici directi, tres caeci inluminati, quinque inergumini emundati sunt. Adfuit huic festivitati et Aridius Lemovicinae urbis abba, cui in superioribus libellis meminimus, per quem Dominus paralyticam unam, quae per octo annos carrucae superposito in atrio beati confessoris decubuerat, directis vestigiis, restauravit. Nam adserebat ipse vir Dei, sensisse se quasi beati Martini manum, cum infirmae membra, inposito signo crucis, tactu salutari palparet.
'When it was time for the saint’s festival during the fourteenth year [of the reign] of the aforementioned king [Childebert], twelve paralytics were healed, three blind men received their sight, and five possessed men were cleansed. In attendance at this festival was Abbot Aredius of Limoges, whom I have mentioned in previous books and through whom the Lord healed a paralyzed woman. For eight years this woman had been placed on a wagon; after she lay in the courtyard [of the church] of the blessed confessor, her feet were straightened and she recovered. For Aredius, the man of God, himself claimed that he had felt as it were the hand of the blessed Martin when he made the sign of the cross and stroked the limbs of the crippled woman with the healing touch.'
Florentianus, mayor of the palace, and Romulf, a count, attended the festival and were greatly impressed by Martin's glory.
Text: Krusch 1969, 200-201. Translation: Van Dam 1993, 286-287, lightly modified (= de Nie 2015, 779-781).
History
Evidence ID
E04091Saint Name
Martin, ascetic and bishop of Tours (Gaul), ob. 397 : S00050Saint Name in Source
MartinusRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Collections of miraclesLanguage
- Latin
Evidence not before
589Evidence not after
594Activity not before
589Activity not after
589Place of Evidence - Region
Gaul and Frankish kingdomsPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
ToursPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Tours Tours Tours Toronica urbs Prisciniacensim vicus Pressigny Turonorum civitas Ceratensis vicus CéréMajor author/Major anonymous work
Gregory of ToursCult activities - Festivals
- Saint’s feast