11 November 2004

From Whom Grandpa Hanrahan Got His Middle Name

Today’s Saint of the Day, St Martin of Tours, from AmericanCathlic.org:

A conscientious objector who wanted to be a monk; a monk who was maneuvered into being a bishop; a bishop who fought paganism as well as pleaded for mercy to heretics —such was Martin of Tours, one of the most popular of saints and one of the first not to be a martyr.

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