Theban Legion tradition

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Christian legend martyrdom narrative

The Theban Legion tradition is a Christian legend recounting the martyrdom of an entire Roman legion of mostly Egyptian soldiers who were said to have been executed for refusing to renounce their faith.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Theban Legion	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian legend ⓘ martyrdom narrative ⓘ
associatedWith	Egyptian soldiers ⓘ Roman army ⓘ Thebes in Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralMartyr	Saint Maurice NERFINISHED ⓘ
claims	a full Roman legion was martyred ⓘ soldiers refused to participate in persecution of Christians ⓘ soldiers refused to sacrifice to Roman gods ⓘ
commemoratedOn	22 September ⓘ
commonlyDatedTo	reign of Emperor Maximian ⓘ
consideredByScholars	largely legendary ⓘ
cultCenter	Abbey of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune NERFINISHED ⓘ Agaunum NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfKeySource	5th century ⓘ
describes	execution of Christian soldiers ⓘ martyrdom of an entire Roman legion ⓘ refusal to renounce Christian faith ⓘ
geographicFocus	Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Roman provinces NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicity	disputed ⓘ
includesFigure	Candidus NERFINISHED ⓘ Exuperius NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurice of Agaunum NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Gereon NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Maurice NERFINISHED ⓘ Ursus of Solothurn NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor of Solothurn NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesMotif	mass martyrdom ⓘ military obedience versus religious conscience ⓘ steadfastness in faith unto death ⓘ
influenced	Christian veneration of soldier martyrs ⓘ medieval military sainthood ideals ⓘ
languageOfEarlySources	Latin ⓘ
linkedTo	devotion to Saint Maurice in Europe ⓘ patronage of soldiers ⓘ patronage of the Holy Roman Emperors ⓘ
locationOfMartyrdom	Agaunum NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint-Maurice, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	Theban Legion NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryHagiographer	Eucherius of Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
sourceText	Passio Acaunensium Martyrum NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	late 3rd century ⓘ
usedAs	example of Christian loyalty over imperial duty ⓘ
veneratedIn	Coptic Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abbot of St. Maurice → associatedWith → Theban Legion tradition ⓘ

Saint Maurice → associatedWith → Theban Legion tradition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theban Legion