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Tours Cathedral

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The St Maurice window

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Virgin & Child

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Death of Maurice and the legion

They refuse to recant so the order is to be carried out

They refuse to worship idols so the emperor orders the legion is decimated

Received by Pope Marcel they depart

He and his company are blessed by the Bishop of Jerusalem

The donor Geoffrey Freslon

Maurice, head of the Theban legion, before Diocletien