Talk:Saint Maurice
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[edit] Island state of Mauritius
The Island state of Mauritius was named after a member of the Dutch "royal" House of Orange and not after St. Mauritius himself. WikiSceptic 09:23, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
- Good call! That was my error. I've corrected it. --Wetman 17:43, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
The picture you had towards the bottom of St Maurice was actually Sir Morien, Also a Moor but Morien.--Gnosis 05:52, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ok Riddle me this...
How is it that Wikipdeia contributors vehemently insist that the average Moor looks nothing like a Black African, but insist that Moors look like Arabs or Berbers, yet when I read the description of Maurice on this article, and I see the sculpture (which looks far more like a black african than the Wikipedian Moor) how is it that the writer describes the sculpture as being depictions of a Moor? Which way are we gonna go? Either Moors look like Black Africans or they don't! --Zaphnathpaaneah 05:48, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] This is what my history book says about St. Maurice's color
"Always, until 1240, he was protrayed as a white man. Then, from 1240 to the sixteenth century, he was represented as a black man, as in this sandstone statue from Magdeburg Cathedral (ca 1240-1250). Who commissioned this statue? Who carved it? What black man served as the model? Only further research can answer these questions, as well as the question of his race."
Bibl.: McKay, John P., Bennett D. Hill, and John Buckler. A History of Western Society: Volume II, 8th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006.
can you or the author show us where he was portrayed as a white man prior to 1240? st maurice was born in upper egypt so i doubt he would of been white.194.176.105.35 01:04, 31 January 2007 (UTC)viola
PICTURE CHANGE
why does the user lanternix keep on putting that picture with the guy with angels around him? st maurice is represented by the statues and picture down the bottom.can someone change the main picture please.Viola76 04:22, 2 February 2007 (UTC)viola76
COMMENT PICTURE CHANGE
Why should the picture be changed? If this is the depiction of St. Maurice then it should stay. If you have no sound reason or good argument to why this picture should be removed I think that your request should be ignored--Glynn71 21:30, 4 March 2007 (UTC).
well done to whoever changed the picture. glyn the picture was changed because as far as we know he looked liked the statues that represented him. i think its you who has to bring an argument to why the picture with the man surrounded by angels stays. have you got a reason why it should?Viola76 06:41, 15 March 2007 (UTC)viola76
