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The basilica built over his grave as a shrine to St. Martin of Tours was a major stopping point on pilgrimages during the middle ages. During the Wars of Religion in 1562, the Huguenots sacked the shrine and, it was completely destroyed during the French Revolution. Two streets were built over the site to ensure it could not be re-built.
St. Martin of Tours continues to be remembered in many parts of western Europe through annual processions and the giving of presents to children on his feast dayin the Western churches, [[November 11]], instead of [[December 6]] (St. [[Nicholas of Myra|Nicholas]]) or [[December 25]] ([[Christmas]]). His day also was traditionally the final day before the [[Nativity Fast]] began in the West. In the East, his [[feast day]] is sometimes celebrated on [[November 12]].
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