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:* 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> 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>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> with his feast day celebrated on [[November 1]].
The first source to mention St. Mathurin is the ''[[w:Martyrology of Usuard|Martyrology of Usuard]]'',<ref name="Mathurin"/> written in 875 by a Benedictine monk of the [[w:Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés|Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés]] in Paris, his life apparently having been unknown before this time.<ref group="note">Note however, he has been included in the Latin edition of the ''[[w:Roman Martyrology|Martyrologium Romanum]]'', published by the [[Roman Catholic Church|Vatican]] Press in 2001.</ref>
==Life==
[[Image:Vue aérienne Larchant.jpg|right|thumb|Aerial photo of the Basilica of St. Mathurin, Larchant, France.]]
Mathurin was born in [[w:Larchant|Larchant]] between [[w:Nemours|Nemours]] and [[w:Malesherbes, Loiret|Malesherbes]] in [[w:Gâtinais|Gâtinais]], in northern France. His parents, Marinus and Euphemia, were [[Paganism|pagans]], and his father had even been entrusted by the Roman Emperor [[w:Maximian|Maximian]] with the task of exterminating the Christians in the country.
Due to his deliverance of the girl with the evil spirit, Saint Mathurin is invoked against particular obsessions, madness, insanity, and as a patron saint of [[w:Lunatic|lunatics]] (fools, mentally ill).<ref name="MATURINO">{{it icon}} [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/93121 San Maturino].</ref> By extension he also became the patron saint of comic actors, jesters, and clowns,<ref name="Mathurin"/> as well as of sailors (in Brittany),<ref name="Mathurin"/> of tinmen (in Paris), and of plumbers.<ref name="MATURINO"/>
==Gallery==
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==Notes==
* {{fr icon}} [http://www.paulvitrail.fr/La-galerie-des-saints-de-la-maison La galerie des saints de la maison saint Jean-Baptiste]. 15 Octobre 2009.
* {{fr icon}} Hippolyte Gancel. ''[http://www.amazon.ca/Saints-qui-gu%C3%A9rissent-Normandie/dp/2737335655/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317871367&sr=8-1 Les Saints qui guérissent en Normandie].'' Ouest-France, 2006. 253pp. ISBN 9782737335655
* {{fr icon}} Association Culturelle de Larchant. ''[http://www.larchant.com/pages/saint-mathurin/saint-mathurin-icone.html La vie historiée de saint Mathurin],'' and ''[http://www.larchant.com/pages/saint-mathurin/vie-saint-mathurin.html La vie de saint Mathurin].''
* {{fr icon}} L'Eglise Syriaque-Orthodoxe Antiochienne en Région Parisiènne (Blog). ''[http://paris.syro-orthodoxe-francophone.over-blog.fr/pages/Saint_Mathurin_Exorciste_du_IV_siecles_a_Larchant_pres_de_Nemours-2193479.html Saint Mathurin Exorciste du IV siècles].''<br>
:::(see: ''Prière à Saint Mathurin,'' and ''Litanie de saint Mathurin'')
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