life

On the Life of St. Martin

The foundational Western hagiography — Sulpitius's biography of his master Martin of Tours, the soldier turned monk turned bishop. The pattern from which the Latin saint's life as a literary genre takes its shape.

c. 396

Attributed to

Sulpitius Severus

Source collection

New Advent (newadvent.org/fathers)

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Linked passages

Matthew 3:4Matthew 25:40

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