{"slug": "martin-of-tours", "label": "Martin of Tours", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_of_Tours", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133704", "qid": "Q133704", "description": "Christian saint (c.316/336 - 397)", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [316, 1417], "span_label": ["316 CE", "1417 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 6}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Saint Martin of Tours"], "related": [{"slug": "gaul", "label": "Gaul", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "francia", "label": "Francia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "orleans", "label": "Orléans", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "loire", "label": "Loire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tours", "label": "Tours", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "benedictines", "label": "Benedictines", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 316, "year_label": "316 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Martin of Tours, bishop of Tours (d. 397)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364758307#Births", "title": "316", "revid": 1364758307, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 360, "year_label": "360 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "At about this date, Ligugé Abbey in France is founded for the monastic Order of Saint Benedict by Martin of Tours, under dispensation from Bishop Hilary of Poitiers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332419195#Religion", "title": "AD 360", "revid": 1332419195, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 371, "year_label": "371 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Martin of Tours becomes bishop of Tours (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1283531136#Religion", "title": "371", "revid": 1283531136, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 373, "year_label": "373 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Saint Martin of Tours undertakes the Christianization of Gaul.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364742164#Religion", "title": "373", "revid": 1364742164, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 397, "year_label": "397 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Sulpicius Severus writes the earliest biography of Martin of Tours, the first known \"life of a saint\" ever written.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364744022#Religion", "title": "397", "revid": 1364744022, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 397, "year_label": "397 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – Martin of Tours, bishop and saint", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364744022#Deaths", "title": "397", "revid": 1364744022, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 732, "year_label": "732 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September", "text": "September – Charles Martel leads his Frankish army (30,000 men) to Orléans and crosses the Loire River, probably accompanied by Eudes of Aquitaine, with his remaining troops. He makes camp near Tours, probably at Ballan-Miré south-west of the fortress city, in order to protect the abbey of Saint Martin. Charles defeats or forces back Umayyad scouts or an advance guard, between the rivers Indre and Creuse. Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi pulls back to establish a position at the Vienne River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808703#Europe", "title": "732", "revid": 1340808703, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1417, "year_label": "1417 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 11", "text": "November 11 – On St. Martin's Day, with all three previous claimants to the office of Pope gone, the 53-member Council of Constance unanimously elects Oddone Colonna to be the new Pontiff. Colonna will take the name of Saint Martin of Tours upon his consecration.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368829183#October–December", "title": "1417", "revid": 1368829183, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}