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The Origin of the Cult of St. Maurice

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As i am keep enjoying my newly aquirred History Channel, i watched a documentary which had a small part about Maurice (it was a doc about the Holy Lance, and one part intrigued me very much, as i really want to know more about this:

 

It is basically about Maurice, who was a legion leader and a christian, which eventually became a saint. I did some googling and came with this interesting article; http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/maurorig.html , it is from 1999 and well, as it touches not only religion but also military, i wonder what you guys have to say to this?

 

cheers

viggen

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I find it interesting. :-) But I know too little about early Catholicism to comment intelligently.

 

Thanks for sharing the article, I learned something today.

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Interesting article, Viggen!

 

Not that this has much to do with the actual life of Maurice, but for a bit of trivia, the medieval Catholic Church assigned the boletus tree as an emblem of St. Maurice in their Calendar of Flowers (September 22nd). I have no idea what the significance of the boletus tree might be, or why it was chosen for St. Maurice.

 

-- Nephele

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