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	Agaunum
		Agaunum, in the diocese of Sion, Switzerland, owes its fame to an event related by St. Eucherius, Bishop of Lyons, the martyrdom of a Roman legion, known as the "Theban Legion", at the beginning of the fourth century.
		The sources for the martyrdom of the Thebans are few, consisting of two editions of their "Acts", certain entries in the calendars and in the martyrologies, and the letter of Bishop Eucherius, written in the year 450.
		The objections raised against the fact itself, and the attempts made to reduce the massacre of the legion to the mere death of six men, one of whom was a veteran, do not seem to merit attention.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/a/agaunum.html (1003 words)

	Agaunum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roman Agaunum, the modern Saint Maurice (46°12′50″N, 7°0′15″E) in the canton Valais in southwesternmost Switzerland, was a minor post confined between the Rhône and the mountains along the well-travelled road that led from Roman Genava, modern Geneva, over the Alps by the Great St. Bernard Pass to Italy.
		Near Agaunum, in a place still identifiable as a former temple to Mercury, god of travellers, recently excavated behind the abbey's present sanctuary, a revelation led to the discovery of martyr's bones during the time of Theodore, Bishop of Octodurus (now Martigny), who was in office 350 AD.
		The Abbey of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune at Agaunum was the chief Abbey of the Burgundian kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Agaunum (590 words)

	Wikinfo \| Agaunum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Roman Agaunum, the modern Saint Maurice-en-Valais in southwesternmost Switzerland, was a minor post confined between the Rhone and the mountains along the well-travelled road that led from Roman Genava, modern Geneva, over the Alps by the Great St Bernard Pass to Italy.
		The liturgy, known as the laus perennis "perpetual praise" of relays of choirs, was an innovation for Western Europe, imported from Constantinople; it was distinctive to the Abbey of St. Maurice and the practice spread widely from there.
		The Abbey of St Maurice at Agaunum was the chief Abbey of the Burgundian kingdom.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Agaunum (603 words)

	St. Maurice - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Leader (primicerius) of the Theban Legion, massacred at Agaunum, about 287 (286, 297, 302, 303), by order of Maximian Herculius.
		Feast, 22 Sept. The legend (Acta SS., VI, Sept., 308, 895) relates that the legion, composed entirely of Christians, had been called from Africa to suppress a revolt of the Bagandæ in Gaul.
		(On the value of the legend, etc., see Agaunum and Theban Legion.) St. Maurice is represented as a knight in full armour (sometimes as a Moor), bearing a standard and a palm; in Italian paintings with a red cross on his breast, which is the badge of the Sardinian Order of St. Maurice.
	www.heiligenlexikon.de /CatholicEncyclopedia/Mauritius.html?print (189 words)

	Sword Forum Magazine - Historical Swords - The Swords of St. Maurice
		Those elements of the legion that weren't at Agaunum were hunted down and executed.
		Before that, the bodies of the martyrs of Agaunum were discovered and identified by Saint Theodore, the Bishop of Octodurum, who was in office around 350 CE.
		He built a basilica in their honor at Agaunum, the ruin of which is still visible today.
	swordforum.com /summer99/st-m.html (2708 words)

	Continual prayer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The practice of perpetual prayer (Latin: laus perennis) was inaugurated by the archimandrite Alexander (died about 430) the founder of the monastic Acoemetae or "vigil-keepers".
		Laus perennis was imported to Western Europe at Agaunum, where it was carried on, day and night, by several choirs, or turmae, who succeeded each other in the recitation of the divine office, so that prayer went on without cessation.
		The inauguration of laus perennis at Agaunum was the occasion of a solemn ceremony, and of a sermon by St. Avitus which survives.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/24-7_Prayer_Movement (511 words)

	Icon of St. Maurice of Agaunum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Maurice was the foremost of a great company of Martyrs who suffered in the year 286 for their faith in Christ.
		Exuperius, Candidus, Victor, Innocent, and their 6,600 companions were sent from Egypt to Agaunum (15 miles from Lake Geneva) to put down a rebellion against Roman authority.
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	www.odox.net /Icons-Maurice.htm (237 words)

	24-7 Prayer History
		Legend had it that around 286 AD, a Theban Legion under the command of a certain Maurice de Valois was sent to suppress a rebellion by Gauls in the North of the empire.
		On their way to Gaul, the Coptic Christians were encamped at Agaunum, in present day Switzerland, where they were ordered to sacrifice to Roman Gods and to the Emperor in petition for victory.
		Although the veracity of the story has been called into question, the legend of the martyrs at Agaunum spread far and wide.
	www.thirdfloorministries.org /24-7history.htm (3714 words)

	Lives of the Saints, February 11, Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Severinus
		He forsook the world in his youth and dedicated himself to God in the monastery of Agaunum, which consisted only of scattered cells until, some time later, the Catholic King Sigismund built there the great Abbey of Saint Maurice.
		Saint Severinus became the holy abbot of Saint Maurice, with its distinct convents for men and women, all of whom bore voluntarily the yoke of penance and celibacy without solemn vows.
		Saint Severinus, returning toward Agaunum, stopped at Chateau-Landon in Gatinais, where two priests served God in a solitary chapel.
	magnificat.ca /cal/engl/02-11.htm (667 words)

	Wie kommt die katholische Pfarrkirche St. Viktor zu ihrem Namen?
		When emperor Maximian had exceeded the alps in the year 302 with his army in order to move into the gallic room, he let rest his soldiers after the hard march for some days.
		According to the legend Mauritius removed with his legion since he did not want to participate in the idolatry.
		In a distance of three hours he set up his camp near Agaunum, in the vicinity of St. Maurice in the canton of Wallis in Switzerland.
	nibis.ni.schule.de /~hs-damme/Kirchen/Viktor.html (595 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of October 10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This latter tradition relates that they escaped the massacre of Agaunum, but were recaptured at Bonn and executed.
		A church was built over their tombs in the 4th century, for which there is written evidence since the 7th century.
		Saint Gregory of Tours, writing late in the 6th century, said they were a detachment of 50 men from the Theban Legion (massacred under orders from Emperor Maximian at Agaunum).
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/1010.htm (2829 words)

	St. Joder Day - Aug 16 - story #1
		Joder is traveling in the Rhone river valley near Agaunum, in the Roman province of Alpes Graiae et Poeninae, in the mid 360s AD.
		After the storm is over, St. Joder finds his way into the town of Agaunum.
		On his way back, several weeks later, he gets word that Agaunum has been struck by a plague.
	www.yodernewsletter.org /ycards/story1.html (969 words)

	St. Sigismund (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He also asked that God punish him in this life for his barbaric behavior; soon after, the kings of France declared war upon him to avenge the death of their grandfather, Chilperic, who had been put to death by Sigismund's father.
		Sigismund was defeated in battle, escaped, and fled to Agaunum, where he began to live as a hermit near the monastery of St. Maurice, which he had founded.
		He was later captured by King Clodomir and, even though Bishop Avitus begged for Sigismund's life to be spared, he was killed by being drowned in a well.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/SIGISMUN.htm (464 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of May 1
		Sigismund disguised himself in a monk's habit and hid in a cell near the abbey of Agaunum.
		For some time Sigismund escaped their swords, but he was eventually found, captured, and taken to Orléans for execution.
		His shrine is near the Abbey of Agaunum, where he is honored as a martyr; however his relics were translated to the cathedral of Prague by Emperor Charles IV (Benedictines, Bentley, Husenbeth).
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0501.htm (2689 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: Canons Regular of Saint Augustine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Canons Regular of Saint Augustine are divided into two congregations: the Congregation of Saint Augustine, Saint Bernard, and Saint Nicholas, and that of the Abbey Nullius of Agaunum.
		An agricultural school, a tuberculosis sanatorium, and parochial duties also engage the canons.
		Since the 12th century the Abbey Nullius of Saint Maurice of Agaunum, the oldest monastery in the world, has been under the care of the canons regular, who engage in teaching and parochial duties.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saintS/ncd01631.htm (105 words)

	St Maurice, Switzerland
		The little town of St Maurice is picturesquely situated in a narrow pass in the Rhône valley, some 25km/16mi south of the end of Lake Geneva, at the end of a road which runs via Monthey to Champéry.
		This was the site of the Celtic settlement of Agaunum, where the legend has it that St Maurice and his companions of the Theban Legion were martyred by Roman soldiers about the year 300.
		The Bex salt mine tour where you can eat in a restaurant in the middle of a mountain.
	www.planetware.com /switzerland/st-maurice-ch-vs-mau.htm (104 words)

	Marytrs of the Theban Legion - Catholic Online
		The members of a Roman legion composed largely of Egyptians and serving in the army of co-Emperor Maximian, colleague of the famed hater of Christians, Emperor Diocletian.
		While serving in France, the legion marched to Agaunum, where it encamped for pagan rituals.
		Maurice, a commander, and Exuperius, Candidus, Innocent, Vitalis, two Victors, and the men of the legion refused to worship pagan deities, or possibly refused to massacre the local innocent populace.
	www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=4952 (490 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: Saint Maurice of Agaunum Abbey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		New Catholic Dictionary: Saint Maurice of Agaunum Abbey
		Abbey nullius of Augustinian Canons in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland, site of the martyrdom of the Theban Legion.
		Since 1840 its abbots have also been titular bishops of Bethlehem (Annuaire pontifical catholique, 1911, 595).
	www.catholic-forum.com /saintS/ncd00198.htm (84 words)

	Welcome To The Official Website Of The Saint Maurice Church
		He and his fellow legionnaires refused to sacrifice to the gods as ordered by the Emperor to insure victory over rebelling Bagaudae.
		In a follow-up action, other Christians put to death were Ursus and another Victor at Solothurin (September 30th); Alexander at Bergamo; Octavius, Innocent, Adventor, and Solutar at Turin; and Gereon (October 10th) at Cologne.
		Their story was told by St. Eucherius, who became Bishop of Lyons about 434, but scholars doubt that an entire Legion was massacred; but there is no doubt that Maurice and some of his comrades did suffer martyrdom at Agaunum.
	www.stmauricechurch.com (478 words)

	Dictionary of Eucharistic Terms
		Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, either reserved in the tabernacle or exposed in a monstrance, continued by successive worshipers day and night without intermission.
		The practice of perpetual adoration of God by psalm and prayer has been maintained by monks and nuns since early Christian times, e.g., by the akoimetoi in the East, and the monastery of Agaunum, founded by King Sigismund of Burgundy in A.D. Similar practices were current elsewhere before the ninth century.
		It was in France that perpetual adoration of the Eucharist began.
	www.therealpresence.org /eucharst/pea/define.htm (1583 words)

	Awards Page, National Infantry Association, Order of St. Maurice; Primicerus, Centurion, Legionnaire, Peregrinus, Civis ...
		Serving under Augustus Maximian Hercules, Maurice was ordered to have his legionnaires offer pagan sacrifices before battle near the Rhone at Martigny.
		The Theban Legion refused to participate, and also refused to kill innocent civilians in the conduct of their duty, and withdrew to the town of Agaunum.
		Enraged, Maximian ordered every tenth man killed, yet they still refused.
	www.infantryassn.com /awards.html (1135 words)

	Keeping Catholics Catholic Page XXV-The Timeline-The Sixth Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He comforted us by saying, "I will be with you always, even on to the end of time."
		King Clovis is cured by the prayers of St. Severinus, Abbot of Agaunum.
		He was consecrated a Bishop by St. Patrick.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Ithaca/6461/6cent.html (3247 words)

	THE AFRICAN ROOTS OF HUMANITY AND CIVILIZATION: KEYNOTE ADDRESS FOR AFRICA DAY 2000 COMMEMORATION
		Subsequently, he and almost all of his troops were martyred when they chose to die rather than persecute Christians, renounce their faith, and sacrifice to the gods of the Romans.
		The execution of the Thebans occurred in Switzerland near Agaunum (which later became Saint Maurice-en-Valais) on September 22, either in the year 280 or 300.
		In the second half of the fourth century the worship of St. Maurice spread over a broad area in Switzerland, northern Italy, Burgundy, and along the Rhine.
	www.cwo.com /~lucumi/humanity.html (11392 words)

	Henry
		My family is named after a man who is said to have died near Agaunum (now Saint Maurice), Switzerland c.286.
		According to legend, the Theban legion of which Maurice was the leader, composed entirely of Christians, had been sent by Emperor Maximian Herculius into Gaul to suppress the Bagandre revolt.
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	web.mac.com /hstmaurice/iWeb/Arnold-StMaurice/Henry.html (170 words)

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