Saint Victor of Marseilles | |
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Martyr | |
Born | 3rd century AD |
Died | c. 290 AD Marseille |
Venerated in | Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
Feast | July 21 |
Attributes | Depicted as a Roman soldier with a millstone; depicted overthrowing a statue of Jupiter; in stocks, comforted by angels; scourged and crushed by a millstone; or with his body beheaded and flung into the river, from which the angels take it;[1] depicted with windmill |
Patronage | cabinetmakers, millers, torture victims, sick children; invoked against lightning |
Victor of Marseilles (died c. 290) was an Egyptian Christian martyr. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.