St Florian of Lorch was a Roman officer in Noricum (Austria/Slovenia), who was executed for his belief in the early fourth century in the time of Emperor Diocletian.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalogue (retrieved 1 December 2016).
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Reliquary of St. Florian
Reliquary of St. Florian, Austria, 18th or 19th centuries.
Copyright Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no. 64.164.247.
The Metropolitan Museum in New York holds a reliquary of St. Florian, which dates to the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries and originates from Austria. It measures 41.3 x 34.3 x 8.3 cm and is made of fabric with wax, glass, and with gold and silver thread embroidery.
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