Saint Florian
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- Also known as
- Florian of Lorch
- Memorial
- 4 May
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- Third century officer in Roman army stationed in modern Austria.
Military administrator of the town of Noricum, and a closet Christian.
Said to have stopped a town from burning by throwing a single bucket of water on the blaze, and thus his association with firefighters and those who protect us from fire, including chimney sweeps.
When ordered to execute a group of Christians during the persecutions of Diocletian, he refused, and professed his own faith.
Martyr.
- Died
- c.304;
scourged, flayed alive, a stone tied to his neck, and dumped into a river;
body later retreived by Christians and buried at an Augustinian monastery near Lorch;
relics translated to Rome in 1138;
part of the relics given to King Casimir of Poland and the bishop of Cracow by Pope Lucius III, which led to Florian's patronage of Poland and Upper Austria
- Patronage
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against battles
against drowning
against fire
Austria
barrel-makers
brewers
chimney sweeps
coopers
drowning victims
fire prevention
firefighters
floods
harvests
Linz, Austria
Poland
soap-boilers
- Representation
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bearded warrior with a lance and tub
boy with a millstone
classical warrior leaning on a millstone, pouring water on a fire
man being beaten
man lying dead on a millstone guarded by an eagle
man on a journey with a hat and staff
man thrown into a river with a millstone around his neck
man with a palm in his hand and a burning torch under his feet
man with a sword
young man, sometimes in armor, sometimes unarmed, pouring water from a tub on a burning church
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- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Kirken i Norge - norwegian
Google Directory
Military Martyrs
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
Saint Charles Borromeo Church
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