Maximilian of Tebessa
Saint Maximilian of Tebessa | |
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| Martyr | |
| Born | 274 |
| Died | 12 March 295 Conscientious objectors |
Maximilian of Tebessa, also known as Maximilian of Numidia, (
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]
History
The Acta Maximiliani was probably written sometime before 313.[2]
Maximilianus, born about AD 274, was a native 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.
Posterity
Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I was named after him.
The Order of Maximilian, a group of American clergy opposed to the Vietnam War in the 1970s, took their name from him.[5] Maximilian's name has been regularly read out, as a representative conscientious objector from the Roman Empire, at the annual ceremony marking International Conscientious Objectors' Day, 15 May,[6] at the Conscientious Objectors Commemorative Stone, Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury, London.
References
- ISBN 0-415-12270-8, 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
- ISBN 978-0-394-62277-4. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- ^ "CO DAY". www.ppu.org.uk. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.
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