Italian, French, Spanish (Florián), Polish, Czech
and Slovak (Florián), Slovenian (Florjan, Florijan),
German (Austrian), Hungarian (Flórián), and Romanian:
from a medieval personal name (Latin Florianus, a further
derivative of Florius); (see Fleury, borne by a
3rd-century saint who was drowned in Noricum during the persecutions
of Christians under Diocletian and became the patron of Upper Austria,
widely invoked as a protector from the danger of fires.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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