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Saint Maurice
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Egyptian saint and leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion
OverviewAI-generated
Saint Maurice was a male soldier and centurion in Ancient Rome during the Roman Empire. Born in Thebes in 250, he was a member of the Theban Legion and practiced Christianity. He died on January 1, 287, in Saint-Maurice, where he was executed by decapitation. His canonization status is that of a saint, and his feast day is observed on September 22. In iconography, he is represented by a sword.
The subject is described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. While other records list a person named Narcisse Henri Edouard Faucher de Saint-Maurice, born in 1844 and died in 1897, with works such as *Le Chemin de fer projeté des comtés du sud*, these details pertain to a different individual. The primary subject, Saint Maurice, is associated with the category "Saint Maurice" and has been referenced by numerous other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 33 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1844
- Died
- 1897
- Works
- 90
Top works
- Relation de ce qui s'est passe lors des fouilles faites par ordre du gouvernement dans une partie des fondations du College des Jesuites de Quebec precedee de certaines observations
- Le Chemin de fer projeté des comtés du sud
- Notice sur Jean Vauquelain de Dieppe
- La question du jour, resterons-nous français
- L'abbé C.-H. Laverdière
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 22
- Total plays
- 80
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome
· 2013 · cited 8,943x
- QuPath: Open source software for digital pathology image analysis
· 2017 · cited 8,292x
- General Theory of Three-Dimensional Consolidation
· 1941 · cited 8,158x
- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,185x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,699x
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Key facts
- Born
- c. 3rd century, Thebes , Egypt
- Died
- c. 287, Agaunum , Alpes Graiae et Vallis Poeninae
- Venerated in
- Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Coptic Orthodox Church
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Major shrine
- Abbey of St. Maurice, Agaunum (until 961), Magdeburg Cathedral (961–present)
- Feast
- 22 September
- Attributes
- banner; soldier; soldier being executed with other soldiers, knight; sub-saharan African in full armour, bearing a standard and a palm; knight in armour with a red cross on his breast, which is the badge of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Maurice (also Moritz, Morris, Maurits, or Mauritius; Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲙⲱⲣⲓⲥ) was an Egyptian military leader who headed the legendary Theban Legion of Rome in the 3rd century, and is one of the favourite and most widely venerated saints of that martyred group. He is the patron saint of several professions, locales, and kingdoms.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint Maurice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.