Painting by Van Dyck Painting by El Greco St John the Evangelist with St Martin St Martin's Dream of Christ SAINT MARTIN OF TOURS BISHOP, CONFESSOR—316-400 Feast: November 11 St. Martin, called "the glory of Gaul," was born about the year 316 of pagan parents in Sabaria, Upper Pannonia, a province comprising northern Yugoslavia and western Hungary. His father was an officer in the Roman army who had risen from the ranks. While Martin was still a child, his father was transferred to a new station in Pavia, north Italy. Here the boy learned of Christianity, felt drawn to...