At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918 an armistice was signed to signify the end of the First World War. It was the feast of Saint Martin of Tours, the soldier of ancient Rome who laid down his arms and became a Christian bishop, one of the most beloved in all the nations of western Europe. The signers of the armistice…
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