Overview
- Regional outlets mark Tuesday, November 11, 2025, with santoral entries centered on Saint Martin of Tours.
- Accounts recount his birth in Pannonia around 316, service as a Roman soldier, the cloak episode with a poor man, a vision of Christ, baptism, and his departure from the army.
- He was chosen bishop of Tours in 371 and served 27 years, with early veneration noting him as the first non-martyr granted a liturgical feast.
- His burial on November 11 established the feast and encouraged pilgrimage to his tomb in Tours, where his legacy as a patron of France, soldiers, and the poor endures.
- The day also features other commemorations, including Saint Menas of Egypt, Saint John the Almsgiver, Saint Demetrian of Antioch, Saint Orestes of Tiana, and the concept of onomastics tied to name-day celebrations.