Martin of Arades explained

Martin of Arades Martin of Corbie
Death Date:	26 November 726
Feast Day:	26 November
Venerated In:	Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Death Place:	Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe
Patronage:	Aixe-sur-Vienne, Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe, gout^[1]
Major Shrine:	Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe

Saint Martin of Arades, also called Martin of Corbie (died on 26 November 726 in Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe^[2]), was a canonized monk from Corbie Abbey, whose feast day is November 26 in both the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Church.^[3]

He was the chaplain and confessor of the Frankish Mayor of the Palace Charles Martel.^[4] He died in Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe and was buried there.^[2] He is the patron saint of gout.^[2]

Notes and References

1. J. Corblet, Hagiographie du diocèse d'Amiens, III, Paris - Amiens, 1873, pp. 224-225.
2. J. Corblet, Hagiographie du diocèse d'Amiens, III, Parijs - Amiens, 1873, p. 224.
3. art. Martin of Arades, in The Benedictine Monks of St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate (edd.), The Book of Saints. A Dictionary of Servants of God canonized by the Catholic Church, New York, 1947⁴, p. 403; November 26. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome, OrthodoxEngland.org.uk
4. M. Bunson - M. Bunson - S. Bunson, Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, Huntington, 1998, p. 404.