The front of the altar displays part of the last words attributed to St Maurice. “O Emperor, we are your soldiers, but we are before all else servants of God. We owe you military obedience, we owe Him innocence.” http://flic.kr/p/pAJbHN
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La chapelle des Martres a Vérolliez
The Theban Legion under the command of Saint Maurice was martyred here at the order of the emperor Maximian in the year 287. The stories vary as to why: one says that as a Christian legion, they refused to offer sacrifices to the Roman […]
Evionnaz
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Town hall, Saint-Maurice
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Vous etes un prêtre?
That was the question asked of me by several of the Augustinians with whom I am sheltering in Martigny tonight. It’s a natural enough thing for them to wonder. In spite of the mention in Alison Raju’s guidebook to the Via Francigena, I’m fairly […]
Reliquary of St Candidus
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Blistering Heat
Thursday morning I woke up feeling well-rested shortly before 7:00 under my rain poncho tarp that I’d pitched in a campground in Villeneuve. The night had been cloudless and the air was beautifully clear – a very nice change from the hostel in Paris, […]
