In a recent piece in 'Early Medieval Europe' (2006 14/2) , Allan Scott MacKinley argued in passing that Sulpicius Severus' keenness to differentiate between Martin & Priscillian may reflect a movement by the historical Martin to directly engage and eveangelise (and maybe persecute) the 'paganes' of the Touraine countryside...
-K
> Message Received: Dec 06 2007, 04:08 PM
> From: "Keith Briggs" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Re: [EPNL] St Martin-in-the-Fields
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> >I think Keith is on to something - there are in addition seven communes in
> >France with the name Saint-Martin-des-Champs, plus one
> >Saint-Martin-aux-Champs. I suspect that this may be to do with some
> >attribute of St Martin of Tours.
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> On the other hand, as well as these places in France (with their INSEE codes):
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> Saint-Martin-aux-Champs (51 1 10 502)
> Saint-Martin-des-Champs (18 1 24 224)
> Saint-Martin-des-Champs (29 3 22 254)
> Saint-Martin-des-Champs (50 1 01 516)
> Saint-Martin-des-Champs (50 119)
> Saint-Martin-des-Champs (71 076)
> Saint-Martin-des-Champs (77 3 11 423)
> Saint-Martin-des-Champs (77 530)
> Saint-Martin-des-Champs (78 1 08 565)
> Saint-Martin-des-Champs (89 1 24 352)
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> we have
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> Saint-Maurice-des-Champs (71 2 04 461)
> Saint-Mexme-les-Champs (37 072)
> Saint-Ouen-des-Champs (27 2 29 581)
> Saint-Pavin-des-Champs (72 181)
> Saint-Philbert-des-Champs (14 3 05 644)
> Saint-Pierre-à-Champ (79 063)
> Saint-Pierre-des-Champs (11 1 18 363)
> Saint-Pierre-du-Champ (43 2 28 217)
> Saint-Pierre-es-Champs (60 1 10 592)
> Saint-Priest-des-Champs (63 4 42 388)
> Saint-Privat-de-Champclos (30 1 08 293)
> Saint-Romans-des-Champs (79 2 23 294)
> Saint-Sulpice-des-Champs (23 1 23 246)
> Saint-Sulpice-les-Champs (23 1 23 246)
> Sainte Beuve aux Champs (76 166)
> Sainte-Marie-des-Champs (27 1 15 567)
> Sainte-Marie-des-Champs (76 3 55 610).
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> So I think the names refer to a church in the fields after all. I still think the London church is named on the French model.
>
> St Martin is found in other habitats too:
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> Saint Martin Duplessis (76 248)
> Saint Martin au Bosc (76 1 05 612)
> Saint Martin aux Arbres (76 3 54 611)
> Saint Martin aux Bois (60 2 21 585)
> Saint Martin aux Buneaux (76 1 09 613)
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> Keith
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