Victor of Marseilles

Saint

Victor of Marseilles
Martyr
Born3rd century AD
Diedc. 290 AD
Marseille
Venerated inCatholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
FeastJuly 21
AttributesDepicted 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
Patronagecabinetmakers, 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.