The Order of Maximilian was an anti-war group active during the Vietnam War, composed of a community of priests and clergymen.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.") 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. 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.
See also List of anti-war organizations
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