Martin of Tours, the patron saint of the poor, soldiers, conscientious objectors, tailors, and winemakers, is celebrated annually on November 11. He was born in A.D 316 in what is modern-day ...

On Nov. 11, the Catholic Church honors St. Martin of Tours, who left his post in the Roman army to become a “soldier of Christ.” Martin was born around the year 316 in modern-day Hungary.

Fittingly, Nov. 11 also is the Memorial of St. Martin of Tours, one of the most popular saints of the Church and one of the first to be proclaimed a saint without having been a martyr. That’s ...