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  "thread": {
    "id": 6322,
    "subject": "Maxentius",
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    "first": "2012-11-27T05:43:37+00:00",
    "last": "2012-11-27T05:43:37+00:00"
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      "from": {
        "name": "the badger",
        "address": "viconian at hotmail.com"
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      "date": "2012-11-27T05:43:37+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Maxentius",
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          "text": "Thinking about Katherine the Weal led me to the topic of Maxentius ... \n\nI think the question of Maxentius' historical identity remains open. Several threads in the Urth archives talk about the Roman emperor Maxentius who persecuted St. Katherine of Alexandria, and the tie-in with the Torturers' feast is obvious, with the wheel, the beheading etc. \n\nBut I think the other Maxentius is hovering in the background here - this would be Saint Maxentius of France, ca. 500 AD. The Catholic Online entry has some interesting tidbits, some\nof which maybe relevant - and apologies if this is already common knowledge:\n\n- Maxentius was trained by Saint Severus\n\n- He is credited with relieving a drought\n\n- He once confronted a group\nof soldiers who were threatening his monastery - one of them raised\nhis arm to strike Maxentius but his arm froze, and required holy water to move again - interesting because Severian has difficulty wielding the fake sword during the ritual.\n\nThis mashup of contexts and references is very much in keeping with Wolfe's methods ..."
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