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Maximilian, HeiligerMaximilian, Saint; feast day October 12; legendary bishop who died as a martyr; in the early 8th century, the monastery of St. Peter in Salzburg erected a cell dedicated to the saint above his alleged grave, out of which the town of Bischofshofen developed. M. was patron saint of the diocese of Linz until 1962.
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