Martin of Arades

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Saint

Martin

of Corbie
Venerable
Died26 November 726 [1]
Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe [1]
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church [2]
Major shrine Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe [1]
Feast 26 November [2]
Patronage Aixe-sur-Vienne, Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe, gout [3]

Martin of Arades, also known as Martin of Corbie (died 26 November 726 [1] ), was a Frankish Christian monk from Corbie Abbey, who is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. [2] [4] His feast day is 26 November.

He was the chaplain and confessor of the Frankish Mayor of the Palace Charles Martel. [5] He died in Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe and was buried there. [1] He is the patron saint of gout. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Corblet, Jules (1873). Hagiographie du diocèse d'Amiens (in French). J.-B. Dumoulin.
  2. 1 2 3 art. Martin of Arades, in The Benedictine Monks of St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate (edd.), The Book of Saints. A Dictionary of Servants of God canonized by the Catholic Church, New York, 19474, p. 403; November 26. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome, OrthodoxEngland.org.uk
  3. ↑ J. Corblet, Hagiographie du diocèse d'Amiens, III, Paris - Amiens, 1873, pp. 224-225.
  4. ↑ "Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome". www.orthodoxengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  5. ↑ M. Bunson - M. Bunson - S. Bunson, Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, Huntington, 1998, p. 404.


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