- to be executed. The
place in
Switzerland where this occurred,
known as
Agaunum, is now Saint-Maurice, Switzerland, site of the
Abbey of St. Maurice. So...
-
Agaunum was an
outpost in
Roman Switzerland,
predecessor of the
modern city of Saint-Maurice in the
canton of Valais,
southwestern Switzerland. It was...
- The
Theban Legion (also
known as the
Martyrs of
Agaunum)
figures in
Christian hagiography as a
Roman legion from
Egypt —"six
thousand six
hundred and...
- The
Abbey of
Saint Maurice,
Agaunum (French:
Abbaye de Saint-Maurice d'Agaune or Saint-Maurice-en-Valais) is a
Swiss monastery of
canons regular in Saint-Maurice...
- laus
perennis at
Agaunum c. 515 was the
occasion of a
solemn ceremony, and of a
sermon by St.
Avitus which survives. The "custom of
Agaunum", as it came to...
- Saint-Maurice. Saint-Maurice is the site of the
Ancient Roman outpost of
Agaunum and the 6th-century
Abbey of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune. The city is located...
- Duke of
Transjurane Burgundy, and lay
abbot of
Saint Maurice's
Abbey in
Agaunum. He is
chiefly remembered for his role in the
political and
military defense...
- List of
bishops of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion:
Bishops of
Agaunum (Octodurum)
loyal to
Avignon loyal to Rome Zenhäusern, Gregor. "Sion (diocèse)"...
-
Christian tradition, a
member of the
Theban Legion, and thus
martyred at
Agaunum.
Particular veneration for
Defendens was
widespread in
Northern Italy;...
- back to the
middle of the 8th century, the
Theban legion was
martyred at
Agaunum (now
Saint Maurice)
about 285 or 302. From 888
onwards the
lands were part...
