Saint Martin of Arades, also called Martin of Corbie (died on 26 November 726 in Saint-Priest-sous-AixeJ. Corblet, ''Hagiographie du diocèse d'Amiens'', III, Parijs - Amiens, 1873, p
224
), was a canonized monk from

Corbie Abbey Corbie Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in Corbie, Picardy, France, dedicated to Saint Peter. It was founded by Balthild, the widow of Clovis II, who had monks sent from Luxeuil. The Abbey of Corbie became celebrated both for its library a ...

, whose feast day is November 26 in both the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Church.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
/ref> He was the

chaplain A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a Minister (Christianity), minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a laity, lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secularity, secular institution (such as a hosp ...

and

confessor Confessor is a title used within Christianity in several ways. Confessor of the Faith Its oldest use is to indicate a saint who has suffered persecution and torture for the faith but not to the point of death.Charles Martel Charles Martel ( – 22 October 741) was a Frankish political and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was the de facto ruler of Francia from 718 until his death. He was a son of the Frankish statesma ...

.M. Bunson - M. Bunson - S. Bunson, ''Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints'', Huntington, 1998, p. 404. He died in Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe and was buried there. He is the patron saint of

gout Gout ( ) is a form of inflammatory arthritis characterized by recurrent attacks of a red, tender, hot and swollen joint, caused by deposition of monosodium urate monohydrate crystals. Pain typically comes on rapidly, reaching maximal intensit ...

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