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{{Saints | {{Saints | ||
|SaintName= Saint Florian | |SaintName=Saint Florian | ||
|SaintStage= Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=May 4 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace= Possibly Aelium Cetium, Noricum, Roman Empire (now Sankt Pölten, Austria) | |SaintBirthPlace=Possibly Aelium Cetium, Noricum, Roman Empire (now Sankt Pölten, Austria) | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates= 48. | |SaintBirthCoordinates=48.2, 15.6333 | ||
|DeathPlace=Lorch, Noricum, Roman Empire (now Austria) | |||
|DeathPlace= Lorch, Noricum, Roman Empire (now Austria) | |SaintDeathCoordinates=48.2147, 14.475 | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates= 48. | |SaintCauseOfDeath=Martyrdom (drowning with a millstone) | ||
|SaintCauseOfDeath= Martyrdom (drowning with a millstone) | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|Profession=Soldier, Martyr | |||
|Patronage=Firefighters, chimney sweeps, Austria, Poland, against fire and floods | |||
|Attributes=Roman armor, water bucket, burning house, millstone | |||
|PrimaryShrine=St. Florian Monastery, Sankt Florian, Austria (traditional) | |||
|AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | |||
|Canonized= Yes | |||
|Profession= Soldier, Martyr | |||
|Patronage= Firefighters, chimney sweeps, Austria, Poland, against fire and floods | |||
|Attributes= Roman armor, water bucket, burning house, millstone | |||
|PrimaryShrine= St. Florian Monastery, Sankt Florian, Austria (traditional) | |||
|AdditionalVeneration= Eastern Orthodox Church | |||
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Saint Florian, born in the mid-3rd century possibly in Aelium Cetium (modern Sankt Pölten, Austria), was a Roman soldier and martyr who became the patron saint of firefighters. A Christian in Noricum’s imperial army, he rose to command a firefighting brigade in Lorch, openly professing his faith during Diocletian’s persecution. Around 304 AD, ordered to burn Christian books and sacrifice to pagan gods, he refused, declaring, “I am a soldier of Christ.” Tortured—beaten, burned, and weighted with a millstone—he was drowned in the Enns River on May 4, 304, his body later recovered by Christians. His defiance marked him an early hero of the faith. | Saint Florian, born in the mid-3rd century possibly in Aelium Cetium (modern Sankt Pölten, Austria), was a Roman soldier and martyr who became the patron saint of firefighters. A Christian in Noricum’s imperial army, he rose to command a firefighting brigade in Lorch, openly professing his faith during Diocletian’s persecution. Around 304 AD, ordered to burn Christian books and sacrifice to pagan gods, he refused, declaring, “I am a soldier of Christ.” Tortured—beaten, burned, and weighted with a millstone—he was drowned in the Enns River on May 4, 304, his body later recovered by Christians. His defiance marked him an early hero of the faith. | ||