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Many churches are named after Saint Martin of Tours. St Martin-in-the-Fields, at Trafalgar Square in the centre of London, has a history appropriately associated with Martin's renunciation of war; Dick Sheppard, founder of the Peace Pledge Union, was Vicar 1914–26, and there is a memorial chapel for him, with a plaque for Vera Brittain, also ...
The tomb of Saint Martin was rediscovered on 14 December 1860, which aided in the 19th-century revival of the popular devotion to St. Martin. After the radical Paris Commune of 1871, there was a resurgence of conservative Catholic piety, and the church decided to build a basilica to Saint Martin.
Basilica of Saint Martin, Tours, a Roman Catholic basilica in Tours, France; Basilica of Saint-Martin d'Ainay, a Romanesque church in Lyon, France; Taal Basilica, the Minor Basilica of Saint Martin of Tours, in Batangas, Philippines; Basilica of St. Martin, Bingen am Rhein, a Catholic church in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
The Church of St Martin in Elworthy, Somerset, England, is dedicated to St Martin of Tours. It dates from the 13th century and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building .
The parish of St. Martin of Tours in Los Angeles was founded in 1946. [1] The land acquired for the construction of the church was formerly an orchard on the estate of actor Gary Cooper . [ 2 ] Ground was broken for the construction of the church on February 9, 1947, and the cost of the church was estimated at $150,000 with an additional ...
St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church is a parish of the Catholic Church in Valley City, Ohio, in the Diocese of Cleveland. It is noted for its historic church , which was built in 1861 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Saint Martin of Tours Catholic Church (French: Église catholique Saint Martin de Tours) is a historic church at 133 S. Main Street in Saint Martinville, Louisiana. The church was added to the National Register in 1972.
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