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This Thursday, November 12, will be a day set in the celebrations of the municipality of Abarán.
At that time, the image of San Martín I will walk in procession to remind citizens of the municipality that was, until about 1778, Patron of the town.
As was the case last year, a group of parishioners of St. Paul are organizing various events to celebrate all of them in the afternoon of that day 12.
So at 19:30 pm and held a Mass in the church of San Pablo.
Then, there will be a procession with the image of San Martín I of the streets around the parish, and lastly, there will be a barbecue (swinishness of San Martin) in the Plaza Vieja.
Doing a bit of history
According to some data collected by the official chronicler Abarán, Joseph D.
Molina is not known with certainty, if the cult of St. Martin in Abarán was before or after the Saints Physicians, although there are documents in the inventory of assets that the Order of Santiago had on the people of Ricote Valley in 1508.
In these data, and the relationship of images that were in the Altar of our Church, is one of San Martin, Pope and Martyr, as Trustee of the village.
Moreover, the patronage of Saints Doctors in our town dating from the early nineteenth century.
Due to disease, especially cholera, which struck our land at this time, the devotion to San Cosme y San Damian was booming, while the cult of Saint Martin, by contrast, was decreasing, until it is reduced to a Mass in his day (November 12).
In celebrating the holy calling to avoid frost in the garden.
San Martín I.
Pope and Martyr
San Martin was the last pope martyred.
He was born in Todi, Italy, and distinguished among the priests of Rome for his holiness and wisdom.
He became pope in 649.
More died of disease and lack of need for health or old age, in 656.
In Constantinople, where he had been so humiliated, it was declared a saint and began to honor him as a martyr of religion.
In the Church of Rome has been honored by the number of the martyrs.
Source: Abarán en 7 días
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