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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 5550237, member: 89314&quot;]ST. MAURICE</p><p><br /></p><p>Germany Archbishopric of MAGDEBURG&nbsp; Cathedral Chapter Reichstaler 1606</p><p><br /></p><p>Born in AD 250 in Thebes in Egypt, Maurice became a soldier in the Roman army and eventually the commander of the Theban legion, entirely composed of Christians. Maurice pledged his men’s military allegiance to Rome but stated that service to God superseded all else. When Emperor Maximian ordered them to harass some local Christians, they refused. Ordering the unit to be punished, Maximian had every tenth soldier killed, a military punishment known as decimation. More orders followed, the men refused compliance as encouraged by Maurice, and a second decimation was ordered. In response to the Theban Christians&#039; refusal to attack fellow Christians, Maximian ordered all the remaining members of his legion to be executed. This took place in Agaunum, now Saint-Maurice in Switzerland, site of the Abbey of St. Maurice. The relics of Maurice&#039;s body are supposedly held in Magdeburg. (Wikipedia) He is traditionally portrayed in armour, as on this reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1241211[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1241212[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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