St. Florian Key Ring

Item Number: 18565

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H x W:  Manufacturer:	1"  (2.54 cm) x 1"  (2.54 cm) More Stuart Mfg. Gifts

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This pewter key ring has a St. Florian medallion with symbols of a firefighter.  St. Florian is the patron saint of firefighters.  The medallion measures 1in. x 1in.

St. Florian

Feast Day: Roman Rite Calendar - 05/04 Tridentine Calendar - 05/04 Patron Of: Austria, Firefighters, Fire Prevention, Fire, Brewers, Coopers Profile Third century officer in Roman army stationed in modern Austria. Military administrator of the town of Noricum, and a closet Christian. Said to have stopped a town from burning by throwing a single bucket of water on the blaze, and thus his association with firefighters and those who protect us from fire, including chimney sweeps. When ordered to execute a group of Christians during the persecutions of Diocletian, he refused, and professed his own faith. Martyr. Died c.304; scourged, flayed alive, a stone tied to his neck, and dumped into a river; body later retrieved by Christians and buried at an Augustinian monastery near Lorch; relics translated to Rome in 1138; part of the relics given to King Casimir of Poland and the bishop of Cracow by Pope Lucius III, which led to Florian's patronage of Poland and Upper Austria All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

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