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Maximilian was born in Celeia in the Roman province of Pannonia (in present-day Slovenia).
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Maximilian Lorch
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He was martyred in AD 288. As an adult he made a pilgrimage to Rome. Pope Sixtus II sent him to Lorch in the Roman province of Noricum, where he worked as a missionary during the latter half of the third century.
He founded the church of Lorch.
He is remembered on 12 October (and in some locations on 29 October). His cult dates at least from the eighth century.
In that century, Saint Rupert built a church in his honour at Bischofshofen in the Salzach valley, and brought his relics there. They were later transferred to Passau in 985.
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Ancient Rome