Shortly thereafter the Germans invaded Gaul (now France).
Martin, having decided to resign from the military and refused the donative for the battle that was to follow.
He was accused of being a coward.
With surprising intrepidity, Martin offerred to be placed in the front line without arms,
saying, "In the name of the Lord Jesus, and protected not by a helmet and a butler, but by the sign of the cross, I will thrust myself into the
thickest squadrons of the enemy without fear." That night the barbarians asked for terms of peace.
Martin procured leave to retire having served in the military for five years.
The artist who created this artwork for St. Martin's signed it BAMorano.
Click on the image at right for an image of greater detail. Note that the image with greater detail
was scanned at 300 dots per inch of resolution which is much greater than the 75 dots per inch resolution
of the pictured image.
The pictured image is approximately 85-100KB in size, whereas the image with greater detail is approximately 2-3MB
in size (as a compressed file).
