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Saint '''Mathurin of Larchant''', also '''Mathurin of Sens''', or '''Maturinus''' (died ca. 388)<ref name=BUTLER>Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). ''[http://www.bartleby.com/210/11/093.html St. Mathurin, Priest and Confessor].'' The Lives of the Saints. Volume XI: November. 1866. (Bartleby.com).</ref> was a fourth century Priest and Confessor who successfully [[Enlightener|enlightened]] his native region of [[w:Gâtinais|Gâtinais]], France,<ref group="note">In the historic [[w:Brie (region)|Brie region]] of France, the western ''Brie française,'' corresponding roughly to the modern department of [[w:Seine-et-Marne|Seine-et-Marne]] in the [[w:Île-de-France (region)|Île-de-France]] region.</ref> and was gifted with [[Wonderworker|wonderworking]] abilities as an [[Exorcism|exorcist]]. He is honoured as the apostle and patron of the historic French province of [[w:Gâtinais|Gâtinais]],<ref name="BUTLER"/> and his feast day is observed on [[November 1]].
The first source to mention St. Mathurin is the ''[[w:Martyrology of Usuard|Martyrology of Usuard]]'',<ref name="Mathurin">{{fr icon}} [http://damien.jullemier.pagesperso-orange.fr/sts/st-mathurin.htm Saint Mathurin].</ref> written in 875 by a Benedictine monk of the [[w:Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés|Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés]] in Paris.<ref group="note">He is also included for November 1 in the Latin edition of the ''[[w:Roman Martyrology|Martyrologium Romanum]]'', published by the Vatican in 2001.</ref>
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