Saint Maurice (Subscribe)
Links
Passion of Saint Maurice
http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/Maurice.html
Illustrations, translation of early source, bibliography. St. Maurice and the Theban Legion may be purely legendary, since the story did not surface until the fifth century.
Catholic Online: St. Maurice
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=368
He and the Theban Legion were Christian soldiers. When they refused to sacrifice to the gods, the Emperor ordered them slaughtered.
Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Maurice
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10068c.htm
Leader of the Theban Legion, killed around 287.