The Star Model BM is a single-action semi-automatic pistol that fires the 9 mm Para pistol cartridge. It was produced by Star Bonifacio Echeverria, S.A. in Spain. Although its external appearance resembles the classic M1911, its design is different in several respects.
St. Martin of Tours, (born 316, Sabaria, Pannonia [now Szombathely, Hungary]âdied November 8, 397, Candes, Gaul [France]; Western feast day, November 11; Eastern feast day November 12), patron saint of France, father of monasticism in Gaul, and the first great leader of Western monasticism. 1  Of pagan parentage, Martin chose Christianity at age 10.
At the gates of the city, one very cold day, Martin met a shivering and half-naked beggar. Moved with compassion, he divided his coat into two parts and gave one to the poor man. The part kept by himself became the famous relic preserved in the oratory of the Frankish kings under the name of St. Martin's cloak. Martin, who was still only a catechumen, soon received baptism, and was a little later finally freed from military service at Worms on