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 Abbey of St. Florian
Florian's Collegiate Church, "The Bruckner Organ" pg 29.
Florian, 10 miles (18 kilometers) from Linz, is the oldest Augustinian monastery in Austria.
Florian's body was then buried on the spot where the monastery of St. Florian now stands.
www.geocities.com /Vienna/4291/florian.htm   (403 words)

  
 S. D. Paramedics: The Patron Saint of the Fire Service: Saint Florian
The St. Florian commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on May 4th, was an officer of the Roman army.
Florian was adopted as patron saint of Poland after Pope Lucius III, in 1138, consented to the request of King Casimir of Poland and to the Bishop of Cracow, to send relics of Florian to that country.
Florian is associated with brewers because of a legendary incident in which he miraculously stopped a fire with a single pitcher of water.
www.publicsafety.net /st_florian.htm   (941 words)

  
 History of St. Florian @ RescueHouse Firefighter History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Florian was eventually removed to the Augustinian Abbey of St. Florian, near Linz.
Later, St. Florian was moved to Rome, and Pope Lucius III, in 1138, gave some of the saint's relics to King Casimir of Poland and to the Bishop of Cracow.
There has been popular devotion to St. Florian in many parts of central Europe, and the tradition as to his martyrdom, not far from the spot where the Enns flows into the Danube, is ancient and reliable.
www.rescuehouse.com /content/firefighter-history/004036.php   (426 words)

  
 St. Florian Fire and Burn Foundation
St. Florian is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to reduce burn injuries and mortality through education and research, and to assist burn survivors and their families in maintaining a high quality of life.
St. Florian was founded in 1993 through the efforts and partnership of dedicated Nurses at the St. Luke's Burn Center and the Sioux City Professional Firefighters with IAFF Local #7.
St. Florian partnered up with the YMCA camp at Camp Foster on East Lake Okoboji in 1995 and Miracle Burn Camp was born.
www.stflorian-siouxcity.org   (234 words)

  
 Research Paper on St. FLorian.
St. Florian was not only a great man, but was loyal to God through all his hardships.
While much of St. Florian's life from childhood to adolescence is clouded in mystery, the event that lead to his demise is greatly recorded in history.
St. Florian was a great man and a simple Christian who faced great pained and fought it with a simple ethic.
www.paper-research.com /paper/St_FLorian-142914.html   (162 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Florian's started with a humble structure but the increasing prosperity of Poles and their generosity facilitated construction of one of the most attractive churches in the metropolis.
St. Florian was a Roman soldier born near Vienna in 280.
This is the registration for the St. Florian Historic District that includes a total of 691 structures in a large area of Hamtramck bounded by Joseph Campau, Holbrook, Dequindre, Norwalk, Limpkin and Yeans.
detroit1701.psc.isr.umich.edu /St.Florian.htm   (454 words)

  
 PGSA - St. Florian Chicago
The national parish of St. Florian was organized within the boundaries of the English-speaking parish of St. Columba, then centered at 13365 S. Green Bay Ave.
The silver jubilee of St. Florian parish was celebrated on Oct. 5, 1930.
Rev. Joseph J. Pachorek, former associate pastor of St. John of God Church, was appointed pastor of St. Florian Church on Feb. 13, 1974.
www.pgsa.org /ArchChiPolPar/StFlorianChi.htm   (766 words)

  
 HAMTRAMCK FIREFIGHTERS
Florian church is located off of Bromback street, about 5 blocks south of the Firehouse.
Florian was an officer in the Roman army and held a high post in Austria that had secretly converted to Christianity.
Along with being the patron saint of Firefighters, St. Florian also holds the patronage of Austria, Poland, brewers, coopers, chimney-sweeps, soap-boilers and of those in danger from water and flood, and of drowning.
www.hamtramckfirefighters.com /florian   (452 words)

  
 Polish immigrants paid for St. Florian - 07/05/00
The altar reflects the grandeur of St. Florian, with its high arched ceiling, stained glass windows and gold leaf.
   St. Florian was founded in 1907 and assigned a pastor, the Rev. Bernard Zmijewski, who was an immigrant from Poznan in northwest Poland.
   In a history of St. Florian written by Dr. Thaddeus Radzialowski, president of St. Mary's College in Orchard Lake, Radzialowski says Cram rebelled against the hard-nosed social Darwinism of the Industrial Age and sought to reclaim the beauty and spiritual values of the cathedrals of the Middle Ages.
www.detnews.com /2000/detroit/0007/05/s12-86017.htm   (466 words)

  
 St. Florian - Our Patron Saint   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
However, the Emperor Diocletian was shocked to learn that Florian did not carry out his orders to persecute all Christians in the area, and, thus, was sentenced to death by fire.
Standing on the funeral pyre, Florian is reputed to have challenged the Roman soldiers to light the fire, saying "If you do, I will climb to heaven on the flames." Apprehensive to his words, instead of burning Florian, they drowned him.
Saint Florian was adopted as patron saint of Poland after Pope Lucius III consented to the request of King Casimir to send relics of Florian to that country.
users.adelphia.net /~wcvfc/hxsaint.htm   (193 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Vienna
The churches of St. Paul and St. Nicholas, the convents of the Cistercian nuns of St. Nicholas, of the Penitents of St. Mary Magdalen, and other convents were built outside the city walls.
The Bishop o Passau did not withdraw his opposition until 1481, consequently it was not until this year that the Bull of erection could be formally proclaimed in the presence of a papal envoy, Bishop Alexander of Forli, and a deputy of the Archbishop of Salzburg, the primate of Germany.
In 17895 the Diocese of Wiener-Neustadt was suppressed and incorporated in that of Vienna; in addition Vienna received the parishes of the "district under the Mannhartsberg" in Lower Austria, and five parishes of the Diocese of Raab.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15417a.htm   (3545 words)

  
 TheFireStore.com - Product Details   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Born in 250 AD he was a member of the Roman Army and was sentenced to death by fire by Emperor Diocletian when he refused to follow orders and persecute all Christians in the area.
Standing on the pile erected to be set on fire killing him, Florian challenged the Roman soldiers to start the fire and said, " If you do, I will climb to heaven on the flames." Fearful of Florian, the soldiers had him drowned instead.
Florian was made a Saint by Pope Lucius III, and later a person was reported to have been saved from fire by praying to St. Florian.
www.thefirestore.com /store/product.cfm?pID=1762   (129 words)

  
 St. Florian of Lorch
In due time Florian's remains were disinterred and enshrined near Linz, Austria, in what became the famous Augustinian monastery of St. Florian.
At least part of his relics were sent to Rome in the twelfth century, for in 1138 Pope Lucius III is reported to have given a portion of them to King Casimir of Poland and to the Polish bishop of Cracow.
Even if the information about St. Florian's origins, martyrdom and early veneration are skimpy, his basic story is confirmed by the devotion that sprang up around his relics.
www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id254.htm   (754 words)

  
 Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of May 4
Florian was an officer (princeps officiorum) in the Roman army, who held a high administrative post in Noricum (now in Austria).
Saint Florian is portrayed in art as a young man, sometimes in armor, sometimes unarmed, pouring water from a tub on a burning church.
Florian is one of the eight patron saints of Austria and the patron of Upper Austria and of Linz.
www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0504.htm   (2390 words)

  
 St Anthony, St Francis, St Jude and St Florian silver medals.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
St Anthony, St Francis, St Jude and St Florian silver medals.
St Anthony, St Francis and St Florian medals.
Florian was tortured and killed in what is now Austria.
www.gemoptions.com /religious/silver_saints_2.htm   (261 words)

  
 St. Florian School is closing in June - PittsburghLIVE.com
Parents were notified Monday in a letter from the Rev. John M. Foriska, pastor of St. Florian parish.
Declining enrollment and the lack of population growth in the rural Mount Pleasant Township area were cited as the primary reasons behind the school's closing.
The per pupil cost of education at St. Florian is $2,800.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/dailycourier/s_17227.html   (285 words)

  
 Annual St. Florian Mass to Honor Firefighters Set for Oct.22
In commenting on the celebration, Archbishop McCarrick has stated: "The St. Florian Mass is a way to ask God to bless and protect all the men and women who risk their lives unselfishly every day to save others."
Florian, Patron Saint of Firefighters, was an officer of the Roman Army in the third century.
He is said to have stopped a town from burning by throwing a single bucket of water on the blaze, hence his association with firefighters and those who protect us from fire.
www.rcan.org /news/101200p2.htm   (233 words)

  
 St. Florian Mass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, will celebrate the tenth annual St. Florian Mass for Firefighters at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 24, 2005 at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, 89 Ridge St., Newark.
The Mass allows firefighters and their families and friends the opportunity to pray for their continued safety as they perform this most important duty in our communities, as well as to remembering those who have lost their lives saving others.
Florian was an officer in Roman army in the third century, and is said to have stopped a town from burning by throwing a single bucket of water on the blaze.
www.pfanj.org /mass/mass.htm   (201 words)

  
 RISD : Rhode Island School of Design : PROFILES
Florian first came to the US as a Fulbright Fellow studying at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture and Planning, where he earned a Master of Science in Architecture.
In the ensuing years, he has spent as much time in the classroom as at the drafting table, and served as dean of Architectural Studies from 1978-88 and as acting vice president for Academic Affairs from 1981-84.
Now that the $100-million WWII memorial has come to fruition after a difficult seven-year process, St. Florian can be proud of this impressive contribution to American history and culture.
www.risd.edu /about_profiles.cfm?type=faculty&profile=faculty_profile_31.cfm   (347 words)

  
 Hamtramck holds berry bash - 04/30/03   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Strawberry Festival: This weekend at St. Florian Catholic Church, 2626 Poland, east of I-75 and south of Davison in Hamtramck.
Strawberries are the theme because that supposedly was the first fruit of the season in Poland, said retired teacher Alex Pietrzak of St. Florian, a founder of the event.
Mass in St. Florian Roman Catholic Church, a 95-year-old parish on Poland Street.
www.detnews.com /2003/detroit/0304/30/s12-149927.htm   (569 words)

  
 St. Florian Medals - Patron Saint of Firefighters
Florian commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on May 4th, was an officer of the Roman army, who occupied a high administrative post in Noricum, now part of Austria, and who suffered death for the Faith in the days of Diocletian.
His legendary "Acts" state that he gave himself up at Lorch to the soldiers of Aquilinus, the governor, when they were rounding up the Christians, and after making a bold confession, he was twice scourged, half-flayed alive, set on fire, and finally thrown into the river Enns with a stone around his neck.
His body, recovered and buried by a pious woman, was eventually removed to the Augustinian Abbey of St. Florian, near Linz.
www.discountcatholicstore.com /florian.htm   (429 words)

  
 St Saint Lucy medal medallion in gold
St Lucy medal in gold, catholic patron saint medallions, guardian angel lapel pins, and christian crosses.
All we really know for certain is that this brave woman lived in Syracuse, Sicily and lost her life in the persecution of Christians in the early fourth century.
As much as the facts of St. Lucy's specific case are unknown, we know that many Christians suffered incredible torture and a painful death for their faith during Diocletian's reign.
www.patriotic-jewelry.com /st-lucy-medal.htm   (549 words)

  
 Saints - Florian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Florian was an officer of the army of Emperor Diocletian, a Roman emperor that devoted much of his focus, energy and resources to the violent persecution of the Christians.
Florian, who was already secretly a Christian, was serving in Noricum in Austria when he decided that he could no longer carry out his orders as a soldier and Christian.
Very much loyal to the emperor, Aquilinus attempted to get Florian to recant, but it was obvious that Florian's faith was stronger than any torture he could devise.
www.scborromeo.org /saints/florian.htm   (121 words)

  
 Gold Vermeil St. Florian Medal - large
A gold vermeil (22kt gold over sterling silver) St. Florian medal.
The medal measures 1" square and hangs from a 24" endless chain; the medal and chain together weigh 20 grams.
It features the figure of St. Florian, the letters "FD", the words "Saint Florian Protect Us", and bright cut accents.
www.circlesignia.com /govestflmela.html   (71 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: St. Florian, Alabama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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Florian is a town located in Lauderdale County, Alabama.
Florian is located at 34°52'22" North, 87°37'30" West (34.872753, -87.625117)
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/St.-Florian,-Alabama   (760 words)

  
 Since 1923, St. Florian's has been educating area youths - PittsburghLIVE.com
This steady decline in enrollment since 1971 and the increase in tuition (because of this decline) are the primary reasons the school will close its doors for good in June 2002, according to the Rev. John M. Foriska, pastor of St. Florian parish.
Hastings is confident that the Diocese of Greensburg will encourage other Catholic schools to look at the St. Florian teachers if an opening came up within their schools.
Lew Kloos, whose son is a third-grader at St. Florian, said the news was not good but he understood the situation.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/dailycourier/s_17433.html   (779 words)

  
 14k Gold & Sterling Silver Religious Medals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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Edward, St. Elizabeth, Fatima, St. Florian, St. Francis, St. Francis Assisi, St.
www.beaumont.com /x5/Medals/indexg.htm   (1022 words)

  
 14K Gold St. Jude Medal, Sterling Silver Saint Jude Medals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
St Jude Sterling Silver Saint Jude Medals Sterling with 24 stainless chain..
If your sterling silver tarnishes, St. Jude suggests the tarnish may be removed by rubbing the item on a cotton tee shirt.
This page for St. Jude is one of countless that we have up.
www.st-jude.us   (1045 words)

  
 Austrian Congregation
ounded in 1907, the Austrian Congregation of the Canons Regular of St. Augustine provides a formal institutional relationship among the six house of canons regular in Austria and South Tyrol.
Florian, Stift Herzogenburg, Stift Klosterneuburg, Stift Neustift bei Brixen, Stift Reichersberg and Stift Vorau, are today principally occupied with the pastoral care of souls, tending scores of parishes throughout Austria as well as one in Norway.
Named after the martyr St. Florian, the monastery was built a at traditional site of Christian worship going back to the 4th Century.
www.augustiniancanons.org /About/austrian_congregation.htm   (807 words)

  
 Item #8896499FK - St. Florian Choral - Concert Band
Florian is regarded to be the patron saint of fire service, and here is a beautiful musical tribute to him, as well as to composer Anton Bruckner, who wrote many of his works at the St. Florian convent.
Composer(s): "St. Florian Choral" was composed by Thomas Doss.
Questions: If you have any questions about "St. Florian Choral", or would like to ask a sales representative about another product, call us toll free at (800) 819-3055.
www.superdupermusic.com /cb/8896499.html   (284 words)

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