Collégiale Saint-Martin de Colmar

About this audio guide

This guide to the Collegiale Saint-Martin in Colmar follows the strange biography of its namesake, Martin of Tours, a reluctant fourth-century holy man remembered for slicing his cloak in half for a freezing beggar outside Amiens. You will hear how his own followers later turned on a flock of geese, and how his feast day tied him forever to Alsace's wine harvest. Stand at the church's doorway for the story behind why goose and new wine still define this corner of France every autumn.