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The beautiful Bethany Collection standing pewter cross is 6 in. x 3 1/2 in.  In the center is a medallion with St. Florian in high relief.  Above is the Holy Spirit, on the left arm of the cross is the symbol of the Lamb of God, and on the right arm is the Bible.  Deluxe Gift Boxed with Laminated Wallet Size Prayer Card.

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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