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 […]
