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title: "St. Maurice and Companions: Feast Day September 22 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-maurice-and-companions/
description: "St. Maurice and Companions, Martyrs. Remembered on September 22. Read their life in Bless."
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Martyrs · Remembered on September 22

# St. Maurice and Companions

St. Maurice and Companions is remembered on September 22 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [September 22](https://blessbible.app/saints/september/#22) |
| Title | Martyrs |
| Died | c. 287 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Wednesday, September 22, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-maurice-and-companions/#calendar) |

## Life

Officer of the Theban Legion, Christian soldiers from Egypt serving in Gaul, who refused an order to harm innocent Christians, answering that they were the emperor’s soldiers but first the soldiers of God. Decimated once, then again, the legion stood fast and was slaughtered at the place now called Saint-Maurice, whose abbey has kept unbroken prayer since 515.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Maurice and Companions. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Wednesday, September 22, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/09/22/) | Wednesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Ezra 9:5-9 · Tobit 13:2, 3-4a, 4befghn, 7-8 · Mark 1:15 · Luke 9:1-6 |
| [Friday, September 22, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/09/22/) | Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 · Psalm 17:1bcd, 6-7, 8b, 15 · See Matthew 11:25 · Luke 8:1-3 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[September 21 St. Matthew](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-matthew/) [September 23 St. Pius of Pietrelcina](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-pius-of-pietrelcina/)

[All the saints of September](https://blessbible.app/saints/september/) [Born on September 22?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#09-22) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Maurice and Companions

Remembered on September 22

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-maurice-and-companions/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-maurice-and-companions/#calendar)

In the app

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