E03086: Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.14), recounts how Palatina, a paralysed girl, was cured on the feast of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), after spending three months at his church in Tours; AD 575. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/581.

Gregory of Tours, Miracles of Martin (Libri de virtutibus sancti Martini episcopi) 2.14

Sed nec hoc reticebo, quid in suam festivitatem operatus sit hic patronus. Palatina quaedam puella paralisi umore percussa, usum gressuum male redacta perdiderat, ita ut, contractis in poplitibus nervis, calcaneos ad crura coniungeret. Quam pater Turonus deferens, ante pedes beati Martini devotus exposuit, ibique tribus mensibus
iacens, stipem a praetereuntibus postulabat. Factum est autem in die insignis solemnitatis beati viri, ut illa, nobis missas dicentibus, in loco quem superius nominavimus fideliter exoraret. Cumque nos rite sacrosancta solemnia celebrantes, contestationem de sancti domini virtutibus narraremus, subito illa vociferare coepit et flere, indicans se torqueri. At ubi, expeditam contestationem, omnis populus Sanctus in laudem Domini proclamavit, statim dissoluti sunt nervi, qui ligati erant, et stetit super pedes suos, cuncto populo spectante, et sic, propitiante Domino, usque ad altare sanctum ad communicandum propriis gressibus, nullo sustentante, pervenit. Qui usque
hodie incolomis perseverat.

'Nor will I pass over this story about what this patron did during his own festival. A girl named Palatina was afflicted with the swelling of paralysis, lost the use of her feet, and was so badly affected that the nerves in her knees stiffened and she bent her heels to her thighs. Her father brought her to Tours and piously placed her before the feet of the blessed Martin; she lay there for three months and begged alms from people who passed by. But on the day of the notable festival of the blessed man, while I was reciting the mass, it happened that she was faithfully praying in the spot that I mentioned earlier. While I was formally celebrating the holy ceremony, I recited the prefatory prayer about the miracles of our holy Lord; suddenly she began to shout and weep and indicated that she was being tormented. But when upon the completion of the prefatory prayer the entire congregation proclaimed the Sanctus in praise of the Lord, immediately her tendons that had been bound were loosened, and she stood on her own feet as the entire congregation was watching. And so, with the support of the Lord but without anyone’s assistance, she walked on her own feet to receive communion at the holy altar. To this day she has remained healthy.'

Text: Krusch 1969, 163. Translation: Van Dam 1993, 235, lightly modified (de Nie 2015, 559-561).