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See also:SAINT See also:FLORIAN
, a See also:martyr honoured in Upper See also:Austria
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In the 8th See also:century Puoche was mentioned as the See also:place of his See also:tomb, and on the site was built the celebrated monastery of canons See also:regular, St See also:Florian, which still exists
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His Acta are of consider-able antiquity, but devoid of See also:historical value
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Their substance is borrowed from the Acta of St See also:Irenaeus of Sirmium
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The cult of St Florian was introduced into See also:Poland, together with the See also:relics of the See also:saint, which were brought thither in 1183 by See also:Giles, See also:bishop of See also:Modena
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Casimir, See also:duke of Poland, dedicated a See also: 65-68; C . Cahier, Caracteristiques See also:des See also:saints, p . 490 (See also:Paris, 1867) . (H . |
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