Saint Victor Maurus
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Also known as
- Victor the Moor
- Viktor
- Vittore
- Vittorio
Profile
Soldier in the Roman Praetorian Guard. A Christian from his youth, Victor lived in quiet praise of God. Around 303, the elderly Victor was arrested in Milan in the persecutions of Maximian. He was tortured for his faith, basted in molten lead, and killed. Martyr. Saint Gregory of Tours wrote of miracles that occurred at Victor’s grave.
Born
- 3rd century in Mauretania, Africa
- beheaded c.303
- buried outside Milan, Italy
- a church was later erected over the grave
- relics translated in 1576 to an Olivetan church dedicated to him in Milan
- Asigliano, Italy
- Balangero, Italy
- Borghetto, Italy
- Canale, Italy
- Caselle Torinese, Italy
- Feletto, Italy
- Odolengo, Italy
- Quagliuzzo, Italy
- Rho, Italy
- San Vittore Olona, Italy
- Varese, Italy
- Verbania, Italy
- man being thrown into a furnace
- man roasted in a bronze bull
- man roasted in an oven
- Moorish soldier trampling on a broken pagan altar
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
MLA Citation
- “Saint Victor Maurus”. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 April 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-victor-maurus/>
