Maximilian of Lorch
Saint Maximilian | |
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![]() Depiction of Maximilian of Lorch on a vitrail of the parish church in Aigen, Upper Austria. | |
Bishop of Lorch | |
Born | Celeia |
Died | 288 |
Cause of death | Decapitation |
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Feast | 12 October (29 October) |
Saint Maximilian of Lorch or Saint Maximilian of Celeia (Latin: Maximilianus, Slovene: Maksimilijan Celjski[1][2][3], German Maximilian von Lorch[4]; died 12 October 288)[4] was a Catholic bishop and missionary in the Roman province of Noricum. He was martyred in AD 288.[5]
Life
[edit]Maximilian was born in Celeia in the Roman province of Noricum (in present-day Slovenia). As an adult, he made a pilgrimage to Rome.[5] Pope Sixtus II sent him to Lauriacum (Lorch) in the Roman province of Noricum, where he worked as a missionary during the latter half of the third century.[5] He founded the church of Lorch. Maximilian was beheaded by the Roman Prefect of Emperor Numerian after refusing to abandon Christianity and sacrifice to the pagan gods.
Devotion
[edit]He is remembered on 12 October (and in some locations on 29 October).[5]
His cult dates at least from the 7th century in Bavaria and Salzburg.[2] In that century, Saint Rupert built a church in his honour at Bischofshofen in the Salzach valley, and brought his relics there. They were later transferred to Passau in 985.[5]
Maximilian's Day (Maksimilijanov dan) is being celebrated in Celje.[3] City park in Celje is named after him.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Karlin 2025.
- ^ a b Čuk, Silvestar. "sveti Maksimilijan Celjski – škof in mučenec" [Saint Maximilian of Celje – bishop and martyr]. svetniki.org (in Slovenian). Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ a b "Vabljeni na Maksimilijanov dan v Celje, 11. in 12.10.2025". skofija-celje.si (in Slovenian). Diocese of Celje. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ a b "Der heilige Maximilian, Bischof von Lorch". heiligenlegenden.de (in German). Retrieved 6 February 2006.
- ^ a b c d e Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. .
- ^ "Odlok o imenovanju Parka svetega Maksimilijana Celjskega v naselju Celje". Uradni list (in Slovenian). City of Celje. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- Karlin, Alma Maximiliana (2025). Maksimilijan Celjski (in Slovenian). Translated by Jerneja Jezernik. Celje: Celjska Mohorjeva družba. ISBN 978-961-278-779-0.