Observed arrival · 2026-11-15
Half a Cloak: The Life of Saint Martin
A free, multilingual web edition of Sulpicius Severus’s account of Martin of Tours, told in short scenes with historical notes.
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- Readers of early Christian history and historical biography
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- Episodes are labeled by source—“Reported by Sulpicius” or “Told by Martin himself”—and the edition flags a disputed birth date.
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The edition arranges the account into 27 short chapters, alongside a letter and epilogue, and links the scenes to places such as Amiens and Worms. Its source labels distinguish what Sulpicius reports from words attributed to Martin. Margin notes preserve uncertainties, including two different scholarly dates for Martin’s birth, rather than smoothing them into a single answer.
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