Victor of Marseilles 2726857 220896772 2008-06-22T03:17:13Z Jasonnolan 20714 {{Infobox Saint |name=Saint Victor of Marseilles |birth_date= |death_date=c. [[290]] [[AD]] |feast_day=[[July 21]] |venerated_in=[[Roman Catholic Church]]<br>[[Eastern Orthodox Church]] |image= |imagesize=200px |caption= |birth_place= |death_place=[[Marseille]] |titles=Martyr |beatified_date= |beatified_place= |beatified_by= |canonized_date= |canonized_place= |canonized_by= |attributes=[[Christian martyrs|Martyr]]; 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<ref>[http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0721.htm Saints of July 21<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>; depicted with windmill |patronage= cabinetmakers, millers, torture victims, sick children; invoked against lightning<ref>[http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0721.htm Saints of July 21<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |major_shrine= |suppressed_date= |issues= }} '''Saint Victor of Marseilles''' <!-- (died ca. 304) -hide this as it conflicts with the box and the category --> was a [[Christian]] [[martyr]]. He is [[veneration|venerated]] as a saint in the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]. St. Victor is said to have been a [[Roman army]] officer in [[Marseilles]], who publicly denounced the worship of [[Cult image|idols]]. For that, he was brought before the Roman [[prefect]]s, Asterius and Eutychius, who later sent him to the Emperor [[Maximian]]. He was then racked, beaten, dragged through the streets, and thrown into prison, where he converted three other Roman soldiers (Sts. Longinus, Alexander, and Felician, all of whom are considered [[Christian martyrs]]). The three were [[decapitation|beheaded]], and St. Victor himself was crushed under a [[millstone]] and then [[decapitation|beheaded]], after refusing to offer [[incense]] to the [[pagan]] god [[Jupiter (god)|Jupiter]]. ==Veneration== [[Image:Abbaye Saint-Victor (Marseille).jpg|thumb|150px|right|Abbaye Saint-Victor]] In the [[4th century]], [[Saint John Cassian]] built a [[monastery]] over the site where the bodies had been buried in a cave, which later became a [[Benedictine]] abbey and minor basilica. This is [[St. Victor's Abbey, Marseille|St. Victor's Abbey]] (Abbaye Saint-Victor). St. Victor's [[feast day]] is [[July 21]]. ==Notes== <references/> ==External links== *[http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0721.htm Saints of July 21: Victor of Marseilles] *[http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintv12.htm Victor of Marseilles] [[Category:3rd century births]] [[Category:290 deaths]] [[Category:Christian martyrs of the Roman era|Victor of Marseilles]] [[Category:French saints|Victor of Marseilles]] [[Category:Marseille|Victor of Marseilles]] [[nl:Victor van Marseille]]