E03301: Gregory of Tours, in his Miracles of Martin (2.47), recounts how a crippled man was brought to the tomb of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours during Martin's feast in July 579, and was healed there. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 579/581.

Gregory of Tours, Miracles of Martin (Libri de virtutibus sancti Martini episcopi) 2.47

Erat quidam contractus, qui in similitudinem heremitae, cuius bos quondam solatium fuit, bovem unum habebat. Quem plaustro coniunctum, per domos trahebatur, stipem postulans devotorum. Igitur cum inminente festivitate pontificis Turonus advenisset, prostratus coram sepulchro, orationi incumbens, devotissime beati antistitis auxilium flagitavit, deportatusque iterum a suis ante sanctam absidam tumuli ponitur. Cumque, expletis missis, populus coepisset sacrosanctum Redemptoris corpus accipere, ilico dissolutis nodis qui genua nexa tenebant, in pedes eregitur. Admirantibus cunctis, gratias agens, gressu proprio usque ad beatum altare, nemine sustentante, processit, sanus deinceps degens.

'There was a crippled man who owned an ox, in imitation of the hermit whose ox had once been his companion. This man was placed on a wagon and hauled among houses while begging alms from the pious. Then he came to Tours as the day for the festival of the bishop was approaching. He prostrated himself before the tomb, prayed as he lay there, and most piously requested the assistance of the blessed bishop; then he was brought back by his companions and placed in front of the holy apse over the tomb. At the conclusion of mass, as the congregation began to receive the sacred body of the Redeemer, suddenly the bonds that held his knees tight were loosened, and he stood on his own feet. Everyone was surprised. The man gave thanks, walked to the blessed altar on his own feet and without anyone’s assistance, and thereafter remained in good health.'

Text: Krusch 1969, 175-176. Translation: Van Dam 1993, 252-253, lightly modified (de Nie 2015, 633).