Saint Maurice
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Maurice was an Egyptian military leader who headed the legendary Theban Legion of Rome in the 3rd century, and is one of the favourite and most widely venerated saints of that martyred group. He is th
Coptic icon of St.Maurice and Theban Legion
The dying Saint Maurice, detail of a stained-glass by Józef Mehoffer, 1898–1899, Fribourg Cathedral
Saint Maurice (center) by Matthias Grünewald c. 16th century
Saint Mauritius on the wall behind one of the statues of the grave of King Frederik II in Roskilde Cathedral.
The Abbey of Saint Maurice, Agaunum is a Swiss monastery of canons regular in Saint-Maurice, Canton of Valais, which dates from the 6th century. It is situated against a cliff in a section of the road
Saint Maurice
…members of the legion to be executed. The place in Switzerland where this occurred, known as Agaunum, is now Saint-Maurice, Switzerland, site of the Abbey of Saint-Maurice. So reads the earliest account of their martyrdom, contained in the public letter which Bishop Eucherius of Lyon (c. 434–450), addressed to his fellow…
Kirche Abtei Saint Maurice
View of the cloister.
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