St. Florian Sterling Round Medal

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This round sterling silver St. Florian medal is 3/4in. in diameter. It depicts St. Florian as a Roman soldier holding a burning church.  St. Florian is the patron of firefighters. The medal comes with an 18in. stainless steel chain in a deluxe gift box.

This item comes with a lifetime guarantee. If the medal breaks or cannot be polished just send it back for repair or replacement. This guarantee takes precedence over our standard return policy.

St. Florian

Feast Day: Roman Rite Calendar - 05/04 Tridentine Calendar - 05/04 Patron Of: Austria, Brewers, Coopers, Fire, Fire Prevention, Firefighters 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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