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FLORIAN, SAINT

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 539 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FLORIAN, See also:SAINT , a See also:martyr honoured in Upper See also:Austria. 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 Florian, which still exists. His Acta are of consider-able antiquity, but devoid of See also:historical value. Their substance is borrowed from the Acta of St See also:Irenaeus of Sirmium. The cult of St Florian was introduced into See also:Poland, together with the See also:relics of the saint, which were brought thither in 1183 by See also:Giles, See also:bishop of See also:Modena. Casimir, See also:duke of Poland, dedicated a See also:church at See also:Cracow to him. He is represented in various ways, especially as a See also:warrior holding in his See also:hand a See also:vessel from which he pours out flames. His See also:protection is often sought against See also:fire. His See also:day in the See also:calendar is the 4th of May. See Acta Sanctorum, May, i. 461-467; B. Krusch, Scribtores rerum Merovingicarum, iii.

65-68; C. Cahier, Caracteristiques See also:

des See also:saints, p. 490 (See also:Paris, 1867). (H.

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