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Saint Martin

church, Tours, France

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contribution of Gregory

In St. Gregory of Tours
…wholeheartedly promoted the cult of St. Martin, about whom he wrote four books of “miracle stories.”
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Romanesque churches

In Western architecture: Romanesque
…Santiago de Compostela in Spain: Saint-Martin at Tours (a huge once wooden-roofed basilica that was rebuilt on the new model beginning about 1050), Sainte-Foy at Conques (c. 1052–1130), Saint-Martial at Limoges (c. 1062–95), Saint-Sernin at Toulouse (1077 or 1082–1118), and the new cathedral at Santiago de Compostela itself (c. 1075–1211).…
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