“WHEN his disciples saw him, in the height of the fever, lying upon his back and praying, they entreated him to turn over and take a little rest upon his side while the violence of his sickness would allow him. But Martin answered them ‘Suffer me to look heavenward rather than earthward, that my spirit may see the way whereby it is so soon going to the Lord.’ At the moment of death he saw the enemy of mankind, and cried out: What are you come here for, you bloody brute? You murderer, you’ll find nothing in me. With these words on his lips, he gave up his soul to God, being aged eighty years. He was received by a company of Angels, who were heard praising God by many persons, especially by holy Severinus, Bishop of Cologne.” Source
St. Martin of Tours, Roman soldier, hermit, monk, and the third Bishop of Tours, likely died in 397 AD in France and has been venerated continuously for over 1,500 years.
O Martin, thou Priest of God, thou worthy shepherd, pray God on our behalf.
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