Saint Maurice

Maurice was an Egyptian military leader who headed the legendary Theban Legion of Rome in the 3rd century, and is one of the favourite and most widely venerated saints of that martyred group. He is the patron saint of several professions, locales, and kingdoms.

Patron saint of alpine troops; Appenzell Innerrhoden; armies; armorers; Burgundians; Carolingian dynasty; Austria; clothmakers; cramps; dyers; gout; House of Savoy; infantrymen; Lombards; Merovingian dynasty; Piedmont, Italy; Pontifical Swiss Guards; Saint-Maurice, Switzerland; St. Moritz; Sardinia; soldiers; salt miners; Bad Sulza, Germany; swordsmiths; weavers; Holy Roman Emperors