Florian
Life and witness
Roman Martyrology (traditional English edition; normalized OCR transcription): in theDuchy of Styria, of St. Florian, martyr, who under Dioclesian, emperor, by the command of Aquilin, governor, with a great stone tied about his neck, was thrown headlong into the river Anisus.
Biographical overview
Florian (Latin: Florianus; AD 250 – c. 304) was a Christian holy man and the patron saint of chimney sweeps, soapmakers, and firefighters. His feast day is 4 May. Florian is also the patron saint of Poland; the city of Linz, Austria; and Upper Austria, jointly with Leopold III, Margrave of Austria.
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
Laureaci, in Norico Ripensi, sancti Floriani Martyris, qui, sub Diocletiano Imperatore, Aquilini Praesidis jussu, in flumen Anisum, ligato ad collum saxo, praecipitatus est.