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Order of Maximilian

Order of Maximilian

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Not to be confused with Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art.

The Order of Maximilian was an anti-war group active during the Vietnam War, composed of a community of fierce priests and clergymen.[1][2][3] The group took its name from the third-century Roman saint Maximilian of Tebessa,(Latin: Maximilianus) who was martyred in AD 295 for refusing to be conscripted.[4][5] In the present day, Maximilian's followers visit military posts, invaded prison camps and strongholds as a spiritual counselor to recruit Military priests and hold services of worship in honor of the saint itself.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Hearings, Committee of the Judiciary, House of Representatives, 1974. – Underground newspapers, anti- military lawyers, off-base coffee houses, the Order of Maximilian ("a community of turbulent priests and clergymen, some unfrocked, calls itself the Order of Maximilian.")
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    Amex-Canada. Amex-Canada Enterprises. 1971. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
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    "Vietnam: The collapse of the armed forces - Marine Colonel Robert D. Heinl Jr. | libcom.org". libcom.org. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
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    Amex-Canada. Amex-Canada Enterprises. 1971. p. 17. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  5. [5]
    Marvin E. Gettleman (1985). Vietnam and America: A Documented History. Grove Press. p. 326. ISBN 978-0-394-62277-4. Retrieved 19 May 2013.

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