The History Of Saint Florian
Saint Florian, the patron saint of firefighters, was an
officer in the Roman army during the third century. Saint Florian had converted
to Christianity but kept his new faith a secret to avoid persecution. When
ordered to execute a group of Christians during the persecutions of Diocletian,
Saint Florian proffessed his faith and refused to follow the order. He then
had a stone tied around his neck and he was thrown into a river where he
drowned.
Florian is said to have once stopped an entire town from burning by throwing
a single bucket of water onto the fire. Saint Florian is the patron saint
of firefighters, chimney sweeps, barrel-makers, soap boilers, harvests, Austria,
Poland and others.
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