Saint Florian

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Statue of Saint Florian in front of the parish church Wolfsthal. The statue dates back to 1780. Saint Florian (died ca. 304) is a Christian saint, and the patron saint of Linz, Austria; chimney sweeps; soapmakers, and firefighters. His feast day is May 4. St. Florian is also the patron of Upper Austria, jointly with Saint Leopold. Florian was born about 250 AD in the ancient Roman city of Aelium Cetiumin in present-day Sankt Pölten, Austria. He joined the Roman army and advanced in the ranks, rising to commander of the imperial army in the Roman province of Noricum. In addition to his military duties, he was also responsible for organizing firefighting brigades. Florian organized and trained an elite group of soldiers whose sole duty was to fight fires. During the Diocletianic Persecution of Christians, reports reached Rome that Florian was not enforcing the proscriptions against Christians in his territory. Aquilinus was sent to investigate these reports. When Aquilinus ordered Florian to offer sacrifice to the Roman gods in accordance withRoman religion, he refused. Florian was sentenced to be burned at the stake. Standing on the funeral pyre, Florian is reputed to have challenged the Roman soldiers to light the fire, saying "If you do, I will climb to heaven on the flames." Apprehensive of his words, instead of burning Florian, he was executed by drowning in the Enns River with a millstone tied around his neck. His body was later retrieved by Christians and buried at an Augustinian monastery near Lorch. Later a woman named Valeria had a vision in which she saw him; Florian, in this vision, declared his intent to be buried in a more appropriate location.

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There are many websites and other media showing collections of monuments. The images provided there reflect the perspective of the respective photographer. You have no way of seeing the monument from all sides and discovering interesting details that are particularly present in lavishly built monuments. This shortcoming has inspired me to create monuments and interesting buildings as 3D models and to make them available to you on "Lower Austria 3D". In the three-dimensional monuments shown here, you are the photographer. With simple navigation, you can rotate and turn the 3D model as you like and get a view that would not be possible on simple pictures or during a visit on site.

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