Chaplain
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A chaplain is a trained professional, who provides spiritual, emotional, and psychosocial support in secular or religious institutions, serving people of any faith or no faith. The term chaplaincy can
The Reverend Manasseh Cutler, American Revolutionary War chaplain who served in George Washington's Continental Army and co-founded Ohio University
A Catholic chaplain ministers to American Marines and Sailors in Tikrit, Iraq
French soldiers of the UNIFIL attending a Catholic Mass in Lebanon
Jewish chaplain Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff wears a kippah/yarmulke made from a piece of a Catholic chaplain's camouflage uniform after his own head covering had become bloodied when it was used to wipe the face of a wounded marine during the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing.
Martin of Tours
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Martin of Tours was the third bishop of Tours. He is the patron saint of many communities and organizations across Europe, including of the former French Third Republic. A native of Pannonia, he conve
Chaplain
…the chapel, facility, or department in which one or more chaplains carry out their role, as well as to the profession itself. The name originates from Martin of Tours, who gave his cappellanu cloak to a veteran in need during a snowstorm. Though the term chaplain originally referred to representatives of the Christian…
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Saint Martin of Tours raises a man from the dead by Godfried Maes, 1687
Cretan icon of Saint Martin
Saint Martin Dividing his Cloak by Anthony van Dyck, c. 1618