Maximus of Salzburg

Maximus of Salzburg was abbot and bishop of Salzburg in the fifth century, when the see was established in 474. He was a disciple of Saint Severin of Noricum. He died in 476; according to some accounts he was hanged, according to others he and his faithful were thrown off a cliff. After his death the bishopric was abandoned, and Christianity returned to the region only in the eighth century, with Bishop Arno. He is honoured as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.