Martin of tours

He is the father of western monasticism. Martin was born in 316 in Savaria in the Diocese of Pannonia, today's Hungary.
As the son of a tribute, Martin at fifteen was required to join in the Imperial Horse Guard, which left in 337. Martin was baptised at the age of eighteen. Then she moved to Italy where he spent much of his childhood in Pavia at first, later he wanted to move to France and lived most of his adult life. Settled in Ligugé, and with the help of others worshippers, he developed this site into the Benedictine Ligugé Abbey, the oldest monastery known in Europe which became a centre for the evangelisation of the country districts.
In 371 Martin was acclaimed bishop of Tours, withdrew from the city to live in Marmoutier, where he founded a famus monastery called "Majus Monasterium"  just outside today's city of Tours around 372, which faces Tours from the opposite shore of the Loire. The monastery also became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
Martin died on the eight of November 397.
For twenty-six years he had been doing a great work, from the apostles point of view,  he divulgued the Christian religion in to the farmlands, which were pagans at that time. In this way he became one of the most important figure of Christian Gaul.Today he has become one of the most familiar and recognisable Christian saints.

Legend of Martin's cloak

While Martin was doing his work in to the Imperial Horse Guard , one day near the city of Amiens he saw a scantily dressed beggar, he impulsively cut his own military cloak in half and shared it with the poor man. At night Martin dreamed Jesus, which was wearing the half-cloak that he had offered to the beggar. He heard Jesus say to the angels “Here is Martin, the Roman soldier who is not baptized; he has clad me.” When he woke up he found his cloak complete.The dream confirmed Martin’s faith and he was baptized, he left military service and became an evangelist.

Martinmas

Martinmas, is also know as St. Martin's Day celebrated on the eleven of November each year.
In tradition this feast means the end of agricolure season, the wine is ready for drink, and the animals are ready to slaughter.
Today in italy we celabrate this feast in squares eating drinking wine and dancing, and you also see air-markes where you can sell typical local products.