Editing Martin of Tours (section)

==Influence==
[[File:Coat of Arms of Senica.svg|thumb|170px|Saint Martin as a heraldic symbol (the coat of arms of [[Senica]], Slovakia)]]
By the early 9th century, respect for Saint Martin was well-established in Ireland. His monastery at Marmoûtiers became the training ground for many Celtic missions and missionaries. Some believe that [[St. Patrick]] was his nephew and that Patrick was one of many Celtic notables who lived for a time at Marmoûtiers. [[St. Ninian]] definitely studied at Marmoûtiers and was profoundly influenced by Martin. Ninian dedicated a new church to Martin. [[The Book of Armagh]] contains, among other texts, almost the complete body of writings on Saint Martin by Sulpicius Severus.<ref name=conleth>{{cite web|url=http://catholicheritage.blogspot.com/2010/11/irish-devotion-to-saint-martin-of-tours.html|title="Irish Devotion to Saint Martin of Tours", Saint Conleth's Catholic Heritage Association|author=Brigit|date=11 November 2010}}</ref>

In [[Jonas of Bobbio]]'s ''Vita Columbani'', Jonas relates that [[Saint Columbanus]], while travelling, requested to be allowed to pray at the tomb of St Martin. The Irish palimpsest sacramentary from the mid-7th century contains the text of a mass for St Martin. In the ''Life of Columba'', [[Adamnan]] mentions in passing that St Martin was commemorated during Mass at [[Iona]].<ref name=conleth/>

In his ''Ireland and Her Neighbours in the Seventh Century'',{{sfn | Richter | 1999 | pp=225–230}} Michael Richter attributes this to the mission of [[Palladius (bishop of Ireland)|Palladius]] seen within the wider context of the mission of [[Germanus of Auxerre]] to Britain around 429. Thus, this could be the context in which the Life of St Martin was brought from Gaul to Ireland at an early date, and could explain how Columbanus was familiar with it before he ever left Ireland.<ref name=conleth/>