Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints
- Martin of Tours, bishop
- Menna, martyr
- Theodore the Studite, abbot
- Bartholomew of Grottaferrata, abbot
Martin of Tours: (died 397 A.D.); from Pannonia (in Hungary); soldier turned Christian at 18; disciple of St. Hilary; at Liguge, founded the first monastery in the West; bishop of Tours; first non-martyr with annual feast in the Western Church; patron of soldiers, winegrowers, and of France.
St. Martin of Tours is one of the patron saints of France. France has many patron saints: Our Lady of the Assumption, St. Denis, St. Bernadette Soubirous, St. Joan of Arc, St. Martin of Tours, St. Therese of Lisieux and St. Remigius. Learn more about patron saints and the patron saints of France.
St. Bartholomew of Grottaferrata (d. ca. 1050 A.D.) was born at Rossano, Italy. He became a disciple of St. Nitus, founder of Grottaferrata abbey in Frascata, near Rome. Bartholomew completed the buildings started by his predecessor and made the abbey a center of learning and manuscript copying. He also composed several hymns.
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