St Maurice, patron saint of soldiers, particularly infantrymen. (Also, for some reason no one can te
St Maurice, patron saint of soldiers, particularly infantrymen. (Also, for some reason no one can tell me, patron saint of not getting menstrual cramps? Why did they pick a guy for this?) Born in Thebes in the 3rd century, joined the Roman army as a Christian when that was still unfashionable, rose to be leader of the Theban legion, some 6600 fighting men, apparently mostly Christians, started disobeying orders when those orders involved persecuting Christians. -- source link