Post Views: 2,270 Florian was an officer of the Roman army, serving in Austria in the third century. Accordingly, he held a high position in the administration of the town of Noricum. During the persecution of Diocletian in the 304, when the Roman soldiers were rounding up Christians at Lorch, Florian also surrendered to the … Continue reading Saint of the day: St. Florian, Martyr, Patron of Poland