ST See also:

• MAURICE (1521–1553)
• MAURICE (MAURICIUS FLAVIUS TIBERIUS) (c. 539–602)
• ST MAURICE [or MAURITIUS] (d. c. 286)
• MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872)

MAURICE [or See also:

• MAURITIUS

MAURITIUS] (d. c. 286)  , an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• MARTYR (Gr. pimp or µaprvs)

martyr, who, with his companions, is commemorated by the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church on the 22nd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September . The See also:

• OLDEST

oldest See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of his See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story is found in the Passio ascribed to Eucherius, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons, c . 45o, who relates how the " Theban " See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

legion commanded by See also:

• MAURITIUS

Mauritius was sent to See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy to reinforce the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of Maximinian . Maximinian wished to use them in persecuting the Christians, but as they themselves were of this faith, they refused, and for this, after having been twice decimated, the legion was exterminated at Octodurum (Martigny) near See also:

• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva . In See also:

• LATE

late versions this See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend was See also:

• EXPANDED

expanded and varied, the martyrdom was connected with a refusal to take See also:

• PART

part in a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice ordered at Octodurum and the name of Exsuperius was added to that of Mauritius . See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory of See also:

• TOURS

Tours (c . 539—593) speaks of a See also:

• COMPANY

company of the same legion which suffered at See also:

• COLOGNE (Ger. Koln, or officially, since 1900, Coln)

Cologne . The See also:

• MAGDEBURG

Magdeburg Centuries, in spite of Mauritius being the See also:

• PATRON

patron See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint of Magdeburg, declared the whole legend fictitious; J . A. du Bordien La Legion thebeenne (See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, 17o5); J . J . See also:

• HOTTINGER, JOHANN HEINRICH (162o–1667)

Hottinger in Helvetische Kirchengeschichte (See also:

• ZURICH
• ZURICH (Fr. Zurich; Ital. Zurigo)

Zurich, 1708) ; and F . W .

Rettberg, Kirchengeschichte Deutschlands (See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, 1845–1848) have also demonstrated its untrustworthiness, while the Bollandlsts, De Rivaz and Joh . See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Friedrich uphold it . Apart from the a priori improbability of a whole legion being martyred, the difficulties are that in 286 Christians everywhere throughout the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire were not molested, that at no later date have we See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of the presence of Maximinian in the See also:

• VALAIS (Ger. Wallis, Ital. Vallese)

Valais, and that none of the writers nearest to the event (See also:

• EUSEBIUS
• EUSEBIUS (Gr. EuOi/3tos, from ebaegils, pious, cf. the Latin name Pius)
• EUSEBIUS [OF CAESAREA] (c. 260-c. 340)
• EUSEBIUS [OF EMESA] (d. c. "36o)

Eusebius, Lactantius, See also:

• OROSIUS, PAULUS (fl. 415)

Orosius, Sulpicius See also:

• SEVERUS
• SEVERUS, SULPICIUS (c. 363–c. 425)

Severus) know anything of it . It is of course quite possible that isolated cases of See also:

• OFFICERS

officers being put to See also:

• DEATH

death for their faith occurred during Maximinian's reign, and on some such cases the legend may have grown up during the See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century and a See also:

• HALF

half between Maximinian and Eucherius . The cult of St See also:

• MAURICE (1521–1553)
• MAURICE (MAURICIUS FLAVIUS TIBERIUS) (c. 539–602)
• MAURICE [or MAURITIUS], ST (d. c. 286)
• MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872)

Maurice and the Theban legion is found in See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland (where two places See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear the name in Valais, besides St See also:

• MORITZ, KARL PHILIPP (1757-1793)

Moritz in See also:

• GRISONS (Ger. Graubunden)

Grisons), along the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine, and in north Italy . The See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of the See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of St Maurice (Agaunum) in the Valais is usually ascribed to See also:

• SIGISMUND (1368-1437)

Sigismund of See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy (515) . See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

Relics of the saint are preserved here and at See also:

• BRIEG

Brieg and See also:

• TURIN

Turin .