Showing posts with label St. Florian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Florian. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Holy Firefighter

On May 4 the Church celebrates the liturgical commemoration of one of the ancient Saints, but very modernly revered particularly in my home town - Kraków. Saint Florian. A military commander in charge of organizing firefighters' brigades. Refused to denounce Christian faith, tortured, set alight and at the end - drowned in a river with a stone tightened to his neck...