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Worms
Borbetomagus
Where he refused Julian’s gold and offered to walk out unarmed.
In his life
In 356, in the camp of Caesar Julian near the city of the Vangiones, Martin refused the bonus paid before battle and asked to leave the army.
There today
Worms is on the Rhine in Germany. St Martin’s Church is said to stand over the cell where he was locked up for the night.
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