Église Saint-Martin
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Two Merovingian cemeteries from the sixth and seventh centuries were discovered on the territory of the municipality. During the Hundred Years War the village was besieged by the Armagnaks.
Aubigny-les-Pothées was burned to the ground in 1643 at the Battle of Rocroi.
At the beginning of the First World War in 1914, the village church served as a simple hospital.
The church was built in 1851.
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•May 6, 2020
Saint Martin, to whom the church of Aubigny-Les-Pothees is dedicated, is - next to Saint Nicholas - probably one of the most popular saints of all. The memorial day of the former officer in the Roman army is November 11th. On the night after the famous “coat sharing”, when he surrendered half his army cloak to a freezing beggar, Jesus Christ appears to him in a dream. He then converted to Christianity and was later elected Bishop of Tours (France) - initially against his will.
translated by•October 5, 2021
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