Saint Martin of Braga

Also known as: Bracara
Martin of Dumio
Memorial: 20 March
Profile: Nothing certain is known of him until 550 when he introduces communal monasticism into Galatia. Abbot at Dumio. Bishop of Dumio by May 561. Archbishop of Braga, Portugal by 572. Missionary to the Arian Suevians. Writer who left text of his homilies and sermons, and moral, liturgical, and ascetical treatises.
Born: 515-520 at Pannonia
Died: 580 at Braga, Portugal of natural causes
Additional Information: Catholic Encyclopedia
The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
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