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E03213: Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.36), recounts how Leodovald, bishop of Avranches (north-west Gaul), requested relics of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) from Tours. The relics en route heal a paralysed man, and after their deposition, a blind man and a mute woman are cured; AD 576/577. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 577/581.
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posted on 2017-07-07, 00:00 authored by kwojtalikGregory of Tours, Miracles of Martin (Libri de virtutibus sancti Martini episcopi) 2.36
Multi fide pleni reliquias beati viri portantes virtutes multas experiuntur. Nam Leodovaldus Abrineatinae civitatis episcopus sancti domni reliquias per presbiterum suum devotus expetiit. Quas acceptas, cum terminum antedictae civitatis ingressus fuisset, occurrit ei adhuc inter deserta posito paralyticus, deferentium inlatus manibus; osculatus vero fideliter velum, quo capsa sanctorum pignorum cooperta erat, mox in pedes constitit ac propriis gressibus domi regressus est. Haec enim agis, beatissime confessor, nec tibi sat est propriam aedem exornare prodigiis, nisi et diversos saltus, quos pede non adisti, virtutibus tremendis inlustres. Sed et deinceps caecus quidam, adminiculo deducente, in occursum earum velociter properat. Adveniens autem, quando beati pignora in altare locabantur, expedita solemnitate, visum recipere meruit oculorum. Sed et alia nihilhominus mulier, quae diu muta fuerat, sermonis usum recepit.
'Many people who are filled with faith experience many miracles as they carry relics of the blessed man. Bishop Leodovald of Avranches [sent] his presbyter and piously requested relics of the holy lord [Martin]. The priest received the relics; when he entered the territory of the aforementioned city, a paralysed man who was brought by those carrying him in their hands met the priest when he was still in a deserted region. After the paralysed man piously kissed the cloth that covered the reliquary with the holy relics, soon he stood on his own feet and returned home with his own steps. Most blessed confessor, you perform these miracles, but it is still not sufficient for you to decorate your own church with wonders unless you also dignify with outstanding miracles the various regions that you did not visit on foot. Then a blind man quickly hurried with the assistance of his cane to meet these relics. He approached, and when the relics of the blessed [Martin] were placed in the altar and the ceremony was completed, he deserved to receive sight in his eyes. And another woman who had been mute for a long time similarly recovered the use of her speech.'
Text: Krusch 1969, 172. Translation: Van Dam 1993, 247 (de Nie 2015, 609).
Multi fide pleni reliquias beati viri portantes virtutes multas experiuntur. Nam Leodovaldus Abrineatinae civitatis episcopus sancti domni reliquias per presbiterum suum devotus expetiit. Quas acceptas, cum terminum antedictae civitatis ingressus fuisset, occurrit ei adhuc inter deserta posito paralyticus, deferentium inlatus manibus; osculatus vero fideliter velum, quo capsa sanctorum pignorum cooperta erat, mox in pedes constitit ac propriis gressibus domi regressus est. Haec enim agis, beatissime confessor, nec tibi sat est propriam aedem exornare prodigiis, nisi et diversos saltus, quos pede non adisti, virtutibus tremendis inlustres. Sed et deinceps caecus quidam, adminiculo deducente, in occursum earum velociter properat. Adveniens autem, quando beati pignora in altare locabantur, expedita solemnitate, visum recipere meruit oculorum. Sed et alia nihilhominus mulier, quae diu muta fuerat, sermonis usum recepit.
'Many people who are filled with faith experience many miracles as they carry relics of the blessed man. Bishop Leodovald of Avranches [sent] his presbyter and piously requested relics of the holy lord [Martin]. The priest received the relics; when he entered the territory of the aforementioned city, a paralysed man who was brought by those carrying him in their hands met the priest when he was still in a deserted region. After the paralysed man piously kissed the cloth that covered the reliquary with the holy relics, soon he stood on his own feet and returned home with his own steps. Most blessed confessor, you perform these miracles, but it is still not sufficient for you to decorate your own church with wonders unless you also dignify with outstanding miracles the various regions that you did not visit on foot. Then a blind man quickly hurried with the assistance of his cane to meet these relics. He approached, and when the relics of the blessed [Martin] were placed in the altar and the ceremony was completed, he deserved to receive sight in his eyes. And another woman who had been mute for a long time similarly recovered the use of her speech.'
Text: Krusch 1969, 172. Translation: Van Dam 1993, 247 (de Nie 2015, 609).
History
Evidence ID
E03213Saint Name
Martin, ascetic and bishop of Tours (Gaul), ob. 397 : S00050Related Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Collections of miraclesLanguage
- Latin