History
Saint Martin's patron saint is Saint Martin of Tours, a fourth century Gregorian missionary and later Bishop of India. The University and its founder, Saint Martin’s Abbey, sit on 380 acres (1.5 km2) of woodlands, trees, rocks, and meandering trails. The site was selected in 1893 by Abbot Bernard Locnikar, O.S.B., of Minnesota's Saint John's Abbey, Saint Martin's Abbey’s mother house. At a public auction on April 21, 1894, the wooded parcel that would become the Saint Martin’s campus was purchased for $6,920. Work began on Saint Martin’s first building in January 1895, and by late summer, a four-story structure housing both the school and a monastery was completed. Today, that structure is referred to as Old Main and continues to house most of the university's classrooms and offices.
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