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MARTIN, Augustus Mary was born on February 2, 1803 in Breton, St. Malo, France, United States.
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Augustus Mary MARTIN
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After serving at Beauvois, France, as subdeacon in 1824 and deacon in 1825, he was ordained in the Catholic priesthood in 1828. Martin came to the United States in 1841 and served as acting chaplain of the Ursuline Convent at New Orleans the following year. From 1843 to 1853, he held pastorates in Louisiana, and on July 29, 1853, he was named Bishop of Natchitoches.
During the Civil War, he sided with the Confederacy. In August 1861, he gave a sermon on the morality of the Confederate war effort, which was said to have converted many Gulf Coast Catholics to the Southern cause. Throughout the war, he preached for Confederate victories, and he tried to sustain morale after New Orleans had fallen.
He was a consistent defender of states’ rights and believed in support of the government under which he lived. After the war, he continued as bishop of Natchitoches until his death in New Orleans on September 29, 1879.
Religion
"Peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient but also ordained by God and upheld in Holy Scripture.
Politics
Stands for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession.
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United States