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Quotation from Life of St. Martin by Sulpitius Severus; Alexander Roberts
“Taking, therefore, his sword with which he was girt, he divided his cloak into two equal parts, and gave one part to the poor man, while he again clothed himself with the remainder”
Life of St. Martin, Life of St. Martin, Ch. 3, trans. Alexander Roberts (1894)
The cloak episode makes Martin's charity bodily, immediate, and visually unforgettable.
Citation: "Taking, therefore, his sword with which he was girt, he divided his cloak into two equal parts, and gave one part to the poor man, while he again clothed himself with the remainder" — Sulpitius Severus; Alexander Roberts, Life of St. Martin, Life of St. Martin, Ch. 3, trans. Alexander Roberts (1894). (id life-of-st-martin-q1)
Virtues: Charity
Portrait: Freskenzyklus mit Szenen aus dem Leben des Hl. Martin von Tours, Kapelle in Unterkirche San Francesco in Assisi, Szene: Der meditierende Heilige, Detail, Simone Martini, Public domain.
