Martin of Braga
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Saint Martin of Dumio (c.520 – 580) was an archbishop of Braga in Portugal, a monastic founder, and an ecclesiastical author. Born in Pannonia, he made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where he became a monk. While there, Martn met some Spanish pilgims who convinced him to return with them to Gallaecia (modern Galicia) in order to convert the Suevi, most of whom were either pagans or Arians.
He arrived in Galicia in 550 and founded several monasteries, including the famous one at Dumium (modern Dumio), from which he takes his name. In May 561, at the provincial First Council of Braga, he signed the minutes as bishop of Dumio. At some later date, Martin was elevated to the archdiocese of Braga and presided over the Second Council of Braga (573). Under his watch, most of the populace was converted to Catholicism. For this, he was canonised and his feast day is 20 March. According to the famous Frankish bishop Gregory of Tours (Hisoria Francorum, V.37-38), Martin was plenus virtutibus (full of virtue) and in tantum se litteris imbuit ut nulli secundus sui temporis haberetur (second to none in learning).
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- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
- Opera omnia. complete bibliography
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