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  2. St. Martin's Day - Wikipedia

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    St Martin's Day Kermis by Peeter Baltens (16th century), shows peasants celebrating by drinking the first wine of the season, and a horseman representing the saint. Saint Martin's Day or Martinmas (obsolete: Martlemas), [1] [2] and historically called Old Halloween [A] or All Hallows Eve, [B] [3] [4] is the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours and is celebrated in the liturgical year on 11 November.

  3. File:Polish St. Martin's croissant (Rogal świętomarciński ...

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    English: St. Martin's croissant ('Rogal świętomarciński' in Polish) is a pastry with white poppy seed filling, baked for the occasion of St. Martin's Day (11 November). It's traditionally prepared in Poznań and some other parts of the Greater Poland (Wielkopolska) region.

  4. Laternelaufen - Wikipedia

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    Laternelaufen pronounced [laˈtɛʁnəˌlaʊ̯fn̩] ('Walking with Lanterns') is a German tradition for the time around St. Martin's Day. On 11 November (or later/earlier for reasons of appointment) children (usually in kindergarten and elementary school age) walk along the streets holding colourful, often self-made lanterns while singing ...

  5. The Wine of Saint Martin's Day - Wikipedia

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    The Wine of Saint Martin's Day is the largest painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. It is currently held in the Museo del Prado, Madrid, where it was identified as a Bruegel original in 2010. Like much of Bruegel's work it depicts peasant life, in this case a festival known as St. Martin's Day, which involves drinking the first wine of the season.

  6. Saint Martin Dividing his Cloak (van Dyck) - Wikipedia

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    St Martin Dividing his Cloak is a painting by the Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck dated around 1618, which is an altarpiece in the Sint-Martinuskerk (Saint Martin's Church) in Zaventem, Belgium. [1] The painting portrays the story of Saint Martin sharing his cloak with a beggar.

  7. Martin of Tours - Wikipedia

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    Martin Luther was named after St. Martin, as he was baptised on 11 November 1483 (St. Martin's Day), and many older Lutheran congregations are named after St. Martin. Martin of Tours is the patron saint of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps , which has a medal in his name.

  8. Saint Martin (island) - Wikipedia

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    Saint Martin (French: Saint-Martin; Dutch: Sint Maarten) is an island in Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the northeastern Caribbean, approximately 300 km (190 mi) east of Puerto Rico. The 87 km 2 (34 sq mi) island is divided roughly 60:40 between the French Republic (53 km 2 or 20 sq mi) [ 1 ] and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (34 km ...

  9. Saint Martin - Wikipedia

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    St. Martin de Clare, Nova Scotia; St Martin-in-the-Fields, an Anglican church in London; St. Martin's (disambiguation) St. Martin's Church (disambiguation) St. Martin's Day, a feast on November 11, of St Martin of Tours; Saint Martin Island (disambiguation) Saint-Martin-Vésubie in the Alpes Maritimes département; San Martín (disambiguation)