Theban Legion, commanded by Maurice, martyrs of Agaunum, Gaul
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posted on 2015-06-03, 00:00 authored by CSLA AdminAll evidence related to Theban Legion, commanded by Maurice, martyrs of Agaunum, Gaul.
History
Saint ID
S00339Gender
- Male
Type of Saint
MartyrsFeast Day
22/09Name in other Language(s)
Maurice/Mauritius, commander of the Theban Legion - Modern (Original Alphabet) Victor, martyr of the Theban Legion - Latin (Original Alphabet) Agaunenses martyres, martyrs of the Theban legion - Latin (Original Alphabet) Ursus, martyr of the Theban Legion - Latin (Original Alphabet) Ours/Ursus, martyr of the Theban Legion - Modern (Original Alphabet) Thebaei martyres, martyrs of the Theban Legion - Latin (Original Alphabet) Candidus/Candedus, martyr of the Theban Legion - Latin (Original Alphabet) Exuperus/Exsuperius, one of the martyrs of Agaunum, Gaul, from Theban Legion - Latin (Original Alphabet) Innocentus, martyr of the Theban Legion - Latin (Original Alphabet) Vitalis, martyr of the Theban Legion - Latin (Original Alphabet)Number in BH
BHL 5737-5764 (Mauritius), 8584-8590 (Victor and Ursus)Death After
286Death Before
286Region of Birth/Life
Egypt and CyrenaicaRelated Evidence Records
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05939_The_Chronicle_of_Fredegar_states_that_when_he_died_in_639_King_Dagobert_I_was_buried_at_Paris_in_the_church_of_Dionysius_Denis_bishop_and_martyr_of_Paris_S00349_and_describes_his_patronage_of_the_church_including_an_attempt_to_establ/13876766
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13918937
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05555_Venantius_Fortunatus_writes_eleven_books_of_Poems_in_Latin_mainly_in_western_and_north-western_Gaul_565_600_many_of_them_with_reference_to_saints_Overview_entry_/13871843
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E03573_The_author_of_the_Copenhagen_Continuation_of_Prosper_an_anonymous_continuation_of_the_Latin_chronicle_of_Prosper_of_Aquitaine_records_that_the_Lombard_duke_Zafan_was_defeated_in_battle_near_Saint-Maurice-d_Agaune_eastern_Gaul_where_t/13836740
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13919543
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05959_Marius_of_Avenches_in_a_chronicle_written_in_Latin_at_Avenches_eastern_Gaul_c_581_describes_how_the_monastery_dedicated_to_the_Theban_legion_S00339_at_Saint-Maurice-d_Agaune_eastern_Gaul_was_sacked_by_the_Lombards_in_574_/13877015
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05931_The_Chronicle_of_Fredegar_describes_how_in_the_year_583_4_King_Guntram_built_a_church_near_Chalon-sur-Sa_ne_eastern_Gaul_dedicated_to_Marcellus_martyr_of_Chalon-sur-Sa_ne_S00323_and_held_a_council_to_confirm_the_foundation_modelled_o/13876661
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07851_In_the_anonymous_Life_of_the_Jura_Fathers_the_author_describes_the_basilica_of_the_Theban_Legion_S00339_at_Agaune_eastern_Gaul_c_440_460_Written_in_Latin_at_Condat_in_the_Jura_mountains_modern_Saint-Claude_in_eastern_Gaul_512_525_/13921856
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13918016
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05956_The_Chronicle_of_Fredegar_mentions_that_the_monastery_at_Agaune_eastern_Gaul_dedicated_to_the_Theban_Legion_S00339_was_sacked_during_a_Lombard_incursion_into_Gaul_in_574_Written_in_Latin_in_Gaul_Francia_659_700_This_part_of_Fredegar_/13876976
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13910423
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05859_The_Calendar_of_Willibrord_in_its_earliest_version_records_the_feasts_of_various_saints_in_September_Written_in_Latin_at_Echternach_Frisia_north-east_Gaul_703_710_/13875710
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00622_Gregory_of_Tours_in_his_Glory_of_the_Martyrs_75_relates_two_miracles_connected_to_the_tomb_and_monastery_of_the_Theban_Legion_soldiers_and_martyrs_of_Agaunum_S00339_and_its_commander_Maurice_in_Saint-Maurice-d_Agaune_eastern_Gaul_a_w/13800773
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13863056
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07789_Gregory_of_Tours_in_his_Histories_3_5-6_states_that_the_Burgundian_king_Sigismund_went_to_the_monastery_of_the_Theban_legion_S00339_at_Saint-Maurice_d_Agaune_eastern_Gaul_to_pray_for_forgiveness_after_killing_his_son_in_522_and_estab/13921064
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05898_In_the_preface_to_the_anonymous_Life_of_the_Jura_Fathers_written_in_Latin_the_author_addresses_John_a_monk_at_Agaune_eastern_Gaul_and_describes_him_as_reclining_upon_the_tomb_of_Maurice_commander_of_the_Theban_Legion_S00339_Written_a/13876250
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00621_Gregory_of_Tours_in_his_Glory_of_the_Martyrs_74_tells_of_the_penance_endowment_of_the_shrine_and_eventual_burial_of_Sigismund_king_of_the_Burgundians_ob_523_S00380_at_the_tomb_of_the_martyrs_of_the_Theban_Legion_soldiers_and_martyrs_/13800764
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05933_The_Chronicle_of_Fredegar_describes_the_discovery_of_the_body_of_Victor_martyr_of_the_Theban_Legion_S00339_in_a_church_at_Geneva_eastern_Gaul_in_602_Written_in_Latin_in_Gaul_Francia_659_700_/13876685
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E02419_Gregory_of_Tours_in_his_Histories_10_31_recounts_how_he_the_nineteenth_bishop_of_Tours_sought_relics_of_the_Theban_Legion_soldiers_and_martyrs_of_Agaunum_S00339_found_the_reliquary_with_their_relics_and_the_relics_of_unnamed_Martyrs_/13821299
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13921118
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E03249_The_Martyrdom_of_Secundus_martyr_of_Victimulae_and_Turin_S02500_is_written_in_Latin_presumably_in_Turin_at_an_uncertain_date_It_narrates_Secundus_travel_to_Italy_with_a_legion_his_trial_and_death_witnessed_by_the_future_martyr_Maurit/13832918
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00586_Gregory_of_Tours_in_his_Glory_of_the_Martyrs_61_tells_how_Eberigisil_bishop_of_Cologne_and_a_contemporary_of_Gregory_was_healed_with_dust_from_the_place_of_martyrdom_of_50_soldiers_from_the_Theban_Legion_soldiers_and_martyrs_of_Agaun/13800476
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E06245_Venantius_Fortunatus_in_a_poem_on_virginity_when_describing_the_court_of_heaven_lists_numerous_saints_with_the_cities_of_their_resting-place_Poem_8_3_written_in_Latin_in_Gaul_probably_in_the_early_570s_/13898276
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01205_Relic-labels_written_in_Latin_some_of_them_datable_by_their_script_to_the_6th_and_7th_centuries_name_a_number_of_saints_whose_relics_were_in_the_possession_of_the_monastery_of_Saint-Maurice-d_Agaune_eastern_Gaul_/13805459
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13917335
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13910411
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13898561
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13877084
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05640_Venantius_Fortunatus_in_a_poem_On_the_saints_of_Agaune_writes_of_relics_of_Maurice_and_the_Theban_Legion_martyrs_of_Agaunum_S00339_and_invokes_their_support_Poem_2_14_written_in_Latin_probably_at_Saint-Maurice-d_Agaune_eastern_Gaul_5/13872959
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13919495
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13878908
