MARTIN, ARTHUR. - Jesuit, archaeologist, b. 4 Sept. 1801 at Auray (Morbihan), d. at Ravenna on 24 Nov. 1856.
Having entered the Society of Jesus on 28 Sept. 1819 at Montrouge, he continued his novitiate in Rome; having returned to his homeland and the Jesuits having been proscribed by the government, he devoted himself to preaching in various dioceses of France and in the Valais. Then, drawn to the study of Christian monuments, together with Fr C. Cahier he published the Monographie de la cathédrale de Bourges (Paris 1841–44), and the Mélanges d'archéologie, d'histoire et de littérature (ibid. 1848–56), containing articles on the enamels of Aquigrama and Cologne, on miniatures, on ivories from Bamberg, Regensburg, Munich, Paris, London, etc., on Byzantine fabrics, on paintings, and on Carolingian and Romanesque bas-reliefs. He published other minor writings on his own, helping to revive the study of ancient Christian monuments.