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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday Saint of the Day Saint feast day September 22 Saint Maurice   Saint Maurice, Martyr   Clement XIV., Pope Saint Emmeramus, Bishop and Martyr Saint Eustasius Saint Exuperius, Martyr Saint Florentius, Priest Gerard, Bishop of Tournai Saint Gunthild of Suffersheim Saint Ignatius of Santhià, Priest and Religious Blessed John Baptist de Ponte, Martyr Saint Jonas, Priest and Martyr Blessed Joseph Marchandon, Priest and Martyr Blessed Josepha of the Purification, Virgin and Martyr Saint Lauto, Bishop Otto of Freising, Bishop Saint Salaberga, Widow and Abbess Saint Sanctinus, Bishop Stephen Patrington, Bishop of St Davids Saint Thomas of Villanova, Bishop Saint Digna and Emerita, Virgins and Martyrs Saint Irais and Companions, Martyrs -2209-

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September WELCOME! SAINT MAURICE, MARTYR Saint Maurice was a leader (primicerius) of the Theban Legion, massacred at Agaunum, about 287 (303), by order of Maximian Herculius. His feast is September 22.  A LEADER OF THE THEBAN LEGION The legend relates that the legion, composed entirely of Christians, had been called from Africa to suppress a revolt of the Bagandae in Gaul. The soldiers were ordered to sacrifice to the gods in thanksgiving but refused. Every tenth was then killed.  AS A CHRISTIAN, HE REFUSED TO SACRIFICE TO THE PAGAN GODS Another order to sacrifice and another refusal caused a second decimation and then a general massacre.  SAINT MAURICE IS REPRESENTED AS A KNIGHT IN FULL ARMOUR St Maurice is represented as a knight in full armour; in Italian paintings with a red cross on his breast, which is the badge of the Sardinian Order of St Maurice. MANY PLACES HAVE HIM AS A CELESTIAL PATRON Many ...