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His parents, who practiced Christianity in secret, he was baptized and taught religion. His father, a Roman proconsul, was killed when Demetrio was an adult. Emperor Maximian (IV) appointed governor and military Demetrio all Thessaloniki. The main function of San Demetrio was to defend the province of the enemy, forcing the Emperor to exterminate the Christians also. Demetrius instead of this began to eliminate pagan customs and converted pagans to Christianity. Soon reached the ears of the emperor who was the deputy Demetrius Christian and knowing Demetrius, was prepared for death, divided his possessions to the poor, making a life of fasting and penance. The Emperor detained the deputy and began to be distracted by scenes of gladiators and circuses, where he had to sand the Christians. The gladiator known Liac easily dominated the submissive Christians in the struggle and to the jubilant crowd threw them on the spears of the warriors. The young Christian St. Nestor, St. Demetrius vis...

Saint Maurice (also known as Maurice , Moritz or Mauritius) . He was the commander of the Theban Legion martyred and died in the early third century. The Theban Legion , consisting only of Christians from Egypt , was ordered to leave for Gaul to aid the Emperor Maximian. Although they fought bravely , refused to obey the imperial order to persecute Christians , so they were decimated. Refusing a second time, all members of the Theban Legion were executed. The place where these events allegedly took place , known as Agaunum , is now the headquarters of the Abbey of Saint Maurice in the Swiss canton of Valais. This is the earliest version of the story of the martyrdom of the Theban Legion , according to the letter Eucherius , archbishop of Lyon (c. 434-450 ) went to the bishop also Salvius . In other versions varies the cause of martyrdom, and the legionnaires were executed for refusing to make sacrifices to Roman gods. References: Catholic.Net