𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟒 • 𝐒𝐭. 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧

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𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓

There is a deeper connection between Saint Florian and the fire department. He is not only a god of fire or protector from fires but also the guardian deity of firefighters. With his elite fire service, undying faith, and fighting spirit, Saint Florian embodies all of the firefighter’s traits and qualities.

In particular, St Florian is famous for its miraculous stories about the firefighting process. He is said to have many miracles. Most notably, having extinguished a large fire and saved entire towns and villages with just a bucket of water. The 19th-century book Sacred and Legendary Art documented it. Additionally, according to the early 20th century Notes and Queries, Florian is credited with a similar miracle through his intercession.

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𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯, 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴.