Maximilian of Tebessa, also known as Maximilian of Numidia, (Latin: Maximilianus; AD 274–295) was a Christiansaint and martyr, whose feast day is observed on 12 March. Born in AD 274, the son of Fabius Victor, an official connected to the Roman army, Maximilian was obliged to enlist at the age of 21. He is noted as the earliest recorded conscientious objector, although it is believed that other Christians at the time also refused military service and were executed.[1]
The Acta Maximiliani was probably written sometime before 313.[2]
Maximilianus, born about AD 274, was a native of Theveste (today Tébessa) in eastern Numidia (corresponding to the eastern part of modern Algeria) already annexed by Rome for four centuries. His father, a Christian named Fabius Victor, was a former soldier enlisted in the Roman army. On 12 March 295 at Theveste (now Tébessa, Algeria),[3] he was brought before the proconsul of Africa Proconsularis, Cassius Dio, to swear allegiance to the Emperor as a soldier. He refused, stating that, as a Christian, he could not serve in the military,[4] leading to his immediate beheading by sword.
Posterityedit
Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I was named after him.
^Richard Alston, Soldier and Society in Roman Egypt, London and New York: Routledge, 1995, ISBN0-415-12270-8, p 149.
^Brock, Peter. "Why Did St Maximilian Refuse to Serve in the Roman Army?", The Journal of Ecclesiastical History , Volume 45 , Issue 2 , April 1994 , pp. 195 - 209
^Ott, Michael. "Maximilian." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 15 Mar. 2013
^Butler, Rev. Alban, "Saint Maximilian", Lives of the Saints, Vol. III, 1866
^Marvin E. Gettleman (1985). Vietnam and America: A Documented History. Grove Press. p. 326. ISBN978-0-394-62277-4. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
^. www.ppu.org.uk. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.
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The Origin of the Cult of St. Maximilian
January 01, 1970
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