Feast Day: November 11
Born: 316, Savaria, Hungary
Died: November 8, 397, Candes, France
Patron of: against poverty; against alcoholism; beggars; Beli Manastir; Buenos Aires; Burgenland; cavalry; Dieburg; Edingen equestrians; Foiano della Chiana; France; geese; horses; hotel-keepers; innkeepers; Kortrijk; diocese of Mainz; Olpe; Pietrasanta; Pontifical Swiss Guards; quartermasters; reformed alcoholics; riders; diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart; soldiers; tailors; Utrecht; vintners; Virje; wine growers; wine makers; Wissmannsdorf
Sunday, November 11
Liturgical Color: White
Today is the Memorial of St. Martin of Tours,
bishop. He became bishop of Tours in 341
A.D. The diocese was mostly pagan, but St.
Martin's devotion to God and caring attitude
toward the people converted most of the city to
Christianity.