Who is this Saint in a dungeon where the devil appeared to him?

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Do you know who is this Saint who was in a dungeon. Then the devil came masquerading as Jesus with a crown and robe like a glorious king. The saint did not pay attention to this apparition so the devil said smilingly “Oh don’t you recognize me?,” The saint replied “I did not know that Jesus will return in a glorious crown and robes…” The devil then disappeared since his bluff has failed.
 
Looks like St. Martin of Tours:

“One day when St. Martin was praying in his cell, the devil came to him environed with light, clothed in royal robes, with a crown of gold and precious stones upon his head, and with a gracious and pleasant countenance told him twice that he was Christ. Humility is the touchstone which discovers the devil’s artifices, in all which a spirit of pride reigns. By this the saint, after some pause, discerned the evident marks of the angel of darkness and said to him, “The Lord Jesus said not that he was to come clothed with purple, and crowned and adorned with a diadem. Nor will I ever believe him to be Christ who shall not come in the habit and figure in which Christ suffered, and who shall not bear the marks of the cross in his body.” At these words the fiend vanished, and left the cell filled with an intolerable stench.”

From ewtn.com/library/MARY/STMARTIN.htm

I can’t take credit for knowing that. I resorted to Google 🙂
 
Sweet. I need one 😃

I was glad to have learned about St. Martin in the process!
 
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