St. Florian - Bratislava, Slovakia - Statues of Religious Figures on Waymarking.com

[EN]
St. Florian was created because village was burn out. Sculptur was renovation in year 2001.

The Roman regime sought to eradicate Christianity, and sent Aquilinus to persecute Christians. When Aquilinus ordered Florian to offer sacrifice to the pagan Roman gods in accordance with Roman religion, he refused, and cheerfully accepted the beatings of the soldiers, who used clubs, spikes and fire to torture him. He was executed by drowning in the Enns River with a stone tied around his neck.

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.

[SK]
Socha Sv. Floriana bola postavena po poziary v dedine. Renovovana bola v roku 2001.

Sv. Florian je patron hasicov. Narodil sa v Enns v rimskej provincii Noriko. Roku 304 sa postavil na obranu v Lorchu zatknutych a uvaznenych 40 krestanskych legionarov. Za pokus o vyslobodenie bol zatknuty a odsudeny miestodrzitelom Aquilianom na smrt. Poprava sa konala dna 4. maja 304 na brehu rieky Enns (v tej dobe nazyvanej Aniza). Na krk mu bol priviazany mlynsky kamen a nasledne utopeny vo vodach Enns. Nie je zistene, v akom veku bol popraveny.

Legenda hovory, ze voda vyplavila Florianovo mrtve telo na skalu, kde ho nasla vdova Valeria, ako ho pred zhanobenim stráži velky orol. Ten sa objavil aj na niektorych neskorsich zobrazeniach tohoto svatca. Na mieste hrobu Sv. Floriana pri Linci postavili kaplnku a neskorsie kostol s klastorom, ktory obyvali benediktini a po nich augustiniani. Florianove pozostatky sa nasli v 13. storoci. V roku 1942 boli objavene aj pozostatky 40 mucenikov, za ktorych svatec polozil zivot.

Cast jeho relikvii je od roku 1183 v Krakove, ktore daroval mestu papez Lucius III.

Source/Zdroj: internet

Associated Religion(s): Catholic Statue Location: small park along the street Entrance Fee: 0 Artist: Not listed Website: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
Take a picture of the statue. A waymarker and/or GPSr is not required to be in the image but it doesn't hurt.

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