Saint Maurice

Also known as

• Mauritius

Memorial

• 22 September

Profile

Layman. Soldier. Officer in a legion of Christian soldiers from Upper Egypt during the reign of Emperor Maximian Herculeus. His legion, as many as 6600 men, was massacred en masse by their own side when they refused to participate in pagan sacrifices prior to battle. One of the Martyrs of the Theban Legion.

Died

• c.287 at Aaunum, an area of modern Switzerland

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against cramps
• against gout
• alpine troops
• armies
• cloth dyers
• clothmakers
• infantrymen
• Pontifical Swiss Guards
• soldiers
• swordsmiths
• weavers
• —
• Austria
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• Magdeburg, Germany, diocese of
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• Stadtsulza, Germany
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• Pianello Val Tidone, Italy
• Piedmont, Italy
• Sardinia
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• Manresa, Spain

Representation

• banner
• soldier
• soldier being executed with other soldiers
• knight (sometimes a Moor) in full armour, bearing a standard and a palm
• knight in armour with a red cross on his breast, which is the badge of the Sardinian Order of Saint Maurice

Images

• Gallery images of Saint Maurice

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Golden Legend
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• The Root: Black Warrior, Roman Soldier
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Maurice“. Saints.SQPN.com. 26 March 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>