Saint Florian (Sw. Florian) - Kamieniec Zabkowicki, Poland
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Sandstone Baroque statue of St Florian from 1702 in front of the former Kamieniec Abbey in Kamieniec Zabkowicki. / Kamienna, barokowa figura sw. Floriana przed budynkiem bramnym zespolu klasztornego opactwa cysterskiego.
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Location: Dolnośląskie, Poland
Date Posted: 07/31/2019
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The Baroque sandstone statue of St Florian from 1702 can be found on the bridge in front of the former Kamieniec Abbey in Kamieniec Zabkowicki (Lower Silesia). St Florian is here traditionally depicted in uniform of Roman soldier, holding a flag in one hand and a bucket with water in the other one. He pours water from the bucket onto a burning house.
Biography
Saint Florian (died ca. 304) is a Christian saint, and the patron saint of Poland; Linz, Austria, chimney sweeps and firefighters. His feast day is May 4.
Florian lived in the time of the Roman emperors Diocletian and Maximian, and was 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. 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.
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Przed budynkiem bramnym zespolu klasztornego opactwa cysterskiego na moscie stoi kamienna, barokowa figura sw. Floriana. Swiety przedstawiony jest w stroju rzymskiego legionisty z naczyniem, z którego wylewa sie woda na plonacy budynek. Rzezba zostala wykonana w 1702 lub 1732 r.
Sw. Florian urodzil sie ok. 250 r. Powolany do armii cesarza Dioklecjana dowodzil miedzy innymi oddzialem gasniczym. Stajac w obronie przesladowanych legionistów wyznajacych wiare chrzescijanska, popadl w nielaske i w 304 r. poniósl smierc w nurtach rzeki Enns.
Ten meczennik i swiety katolicki utozsamiany jest przede wszystkim z patronem strazaków. Jego wizerunki najczesciej spotykane sa przy remizach strazy pozarnej.