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He was bom at Le Naus, in France, and died 

 Bishop of Rheims, a.d. 500. 

 Nov, II. — S. Martin, Bishop and Confessor. Wey- 

 mouth Pine, Fmus strobus. 

 He was born in Hungary, in 316, and was re- 

 markable from his infancy for his great meekness. 

 While at Amiens, in 332, it is recorded of him 

 that he met, just outside the gates of the city, a 

 poor man, without clothes, and it was mid-winter; 

 he immediately took his sword, and, dividing his 

 military cloak, gave half to the poor man. He 

 became a Christian, and Bishop of Tours. He 

 died about a.d. 396, at the age of eighty. 

 Nov, 13. — S. Britius or Brice, Bishop. Bay. Laurus 

 poetieus. 



He was successor to S. Martin in the Bishopric 

 of Tours, and died about the year 432. 



The Bay is also dedicated to S. Homobonus 

 (S. Goodman), Patron Saint of Cremona. 

 Nov, 15. — S. Machutus, Bishop. Sweet Coltsfoot. 

 Tussilago fragrans. 



