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Some historians suggest that this was a pious fabrication by bishop Theodore of [[Octodurum]] sometime between [[388]] and [[394]], whom Eucherius, bishop of Lyon, cites as his source of this story, to encourage his contemporary Christians serving in the Roman army to ignore the orders their [[paganism|pagan]] superiors and instead side with the Christians. If it was a later fabrication, by Eucherius himself, its dissemination was certainly successful in drawing pilgrims to the abbey at Aguanum. That institution was created ''ex nihilo'' from 515 onwards by [[Sigismund of Burgundy|Sigismund]], the first Catholic king of the [[Burgundian]]s. The abbey was unique in its time as the creation of a king working in concord with bishops, rather than an organic development that occurred round the central figure of a holy monk. The new abbey was without doubt in need of a strong founding legend.

In [[929]] [[Henry I the Fowler]] held a royal court gathering (Reichsversammlung) at [[Magdeburg]]. At the same time the Mauritius Kloster in honor of St. Maurice was founded.

* [http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/maurorig.html David Wood, "The Origin of the Cult of St. Maurice"]

* [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/golden277.htm Saint Maurice from the ''Golden Legend'']