Year: 1978
Type: article
Abstract: THE THEBAN LEGION OF ST. MAURICE BY DONALD F. O'REILLY One of the most prominent legends of the early Christian Church is that of a legion including Christians in the Roman army recruited in the Thebaid, southern Egypt, led by Maurice and martyred at Acaunus, the modern St. Maurice-en-Valais in the western Alps, about 286 A.D.1 Within the past century, lacking concrete evidence from unbiased sources that the legend was factual, historians and churchmen alike have slighted it. This paper will attempt to provide that long missing evidence. The Theban Legion deserves attention. The story reveals details of Diocletian's fateful
Source: Vigiliae Christianae
Author: Donald F. O'Reilly
Institution: Rockland Community College
Language: English
Topic: Classical Antiquity Studies
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4251998678