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He is believed to have been a native of Rhaetia (Modern day Northern Italy. His name is in the Roman martyrology on 25 June, and the city of Turin honors him as its patron saint. A life which, however, is entirely unreliable, was written after the 11th century, and is printed in "Acta Steamship", June, VII, 3rd educated, 44-46.
lieutenant states that a cleric one day followed him with an evil intention to a retired chapel, where the saint was wont to pray.
The cleric suddenly became so thirsty that he implored Maximus for help. A roe happened to pass which the saint caused to stop, so that the cleric could partake of its milk.
This legend accounts for the fact that Saint Maximus is represented in art as pointing at a roe.