* Cannabiaca (?), Today Zeiselmauer near Tullne in Austria
† 304 Lauriacum, today Lorch near Enns in Austria
Attributes: palm tree, jug of water, flag, millstone
Patron of firefighters, potters, coopers, bakers, chimney sweeps, blacksmiths, soap makers, winegrowers, brewers
Sv. According to Roman martyrology, we commemorate Florian on May 4. He was an officer in the Roman army, holding a high administrative position in Noricum, in today's part of Austria. He suffered martyrdom during the time of Emperor Diocletian. His legendary "Acts" say that he surrendered in Lorch to soldiers from Aquilín when they were catching Christians. The soldiers flogged him twice, half-skinned him, sat him on the fire, and finally threw him into the Enns River with a stone around his neck. His body was found and buried by a religious woman. In time, his remains moved to the Augustinian abbey of St. Florian near Linz. They were later transferred back to Rome. Pope Lucius III. in 1138 he gave some of the relics of this saint to Polish King Casimir and the Bishop of Krakow. Since then, St. Florian considered the patron saint of Poland, but also Linz, Upper Austria and firefighters. It once belonged to the so-called fourteen helpers in need. The tradition of his martyrdom near the place where the river Enns flows into the Danube is very old and credible. Many of the miracles in which healing took place are attributed to his intercession, and he is also called as a powerful protector against fire or water.
Source: biographies of saints (22.7.2021)
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