Prêtre Martin

Prêtre Martin (Father Martin), also Prestre Martin in Old French is a character from old French proverbs who serves the Mass alone to himself:

  • Prêtre Martin qui chante et qui répond (19th century) - 'Father Martin who chants and who responds',[1] said of a man who wants to be involved in everything.[2]
  • Faire le Prêtre Martin (15th century) - 'To do Father Martin', meaning "to answer to oneself".[1]

Osip Mandelstam likened poets to Prêtre Martin in his essay "On the interlocutor" ["О собеседнике"].[3]

References
French Wikisource has original text related to this article:
  1. List of Patron Saints - includes Prêtre Martin proverbs (French)
  2. "« martin », définition dans le dictionnaire Littré"
  3. Quote: "В этом отношении он будет похож на «prestre Martin» средневековой французской пословицы, который сам служит мессу и слушает ее." - "In this respect he will be similar to "prestre Martin" of the medieval French proverb, who himself serves the Mass and listens to it."
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.