When Was Saint Maurice Born
Saint Mauricebornc. 3Rd Century Thebes, Egyptdiedc. 287 Agaunum, Alpes Graiae Et Vallis Poeninaevenerated inCoptic Orthodoxy Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox...
Saint MauriceBornc. 3rd century Thebes, EgyptDiedc. 287 Agaunum, Alpes Graiae et Vallis PoeninaeVenerated inCoptic Orthodoxy Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox ChurchCanonizedPre-Congregation
Was Saint Maurice real?
Maurice was a real person, but according to the hagiography he was the commander of the Theban Legion in the late third century CE. … About a century later St. Maurice’s remains were brought to Agaunum, later renamed St. Maurice in his honor, but he was not destined to remain a figure of local veneration.
Who was the first African saint?
Augustine Tolton was born into slavery in Missouri in 1854, escaped to freedom as a child during the chaos of the Civil War, and later became the first African-American priest in the Roman Catholic Church. This week, he took the first step toward becoming the church’s first African-American saint.
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