CONCERNING S. MARTIN THE THEBAN AMONG THE GREEKS.
CommentaryMartin the Theban among the Greeks (S.)
Among other cities, two celebrated ones called Thebes, adorned with episcopal dignity, exist in Greece itself: of these, one is in Achaia under the metropolis of Corinth, another in Thessaly under Larissa: from one of these we believe this Saint was born, of whom the Greeks in the Menaea and in Maximus Cytheraeus have only this: On the same day, Saint Martin the Theban or Thebanus ended his life in peace. This distich is added in the Menaea:
Nourished most beautifully in beautiful old age, O Martin, Dying, you are joined to the departed Fathers.