Name
Victor 'Maurus'/the Moor, soldier and martyr of Milan
Saint ID
S00312
Number in BH
BHL 8580-8582
Reported Death Not Before
286
Reported Death Not After
305
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers
| ID | Title | E00367 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Martyrs (Liber in Gloria Martyrum), in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. Overview entry. | E00542 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (44), describes *Victor (Victor 'Maurus'/the Moor, soldier and martyr of Milan, S00312) as effective in freeing captives; an imprisoned Gallic aristocrat, Apollinaris, prayed at his tomb during his feast in Milan (northern Italy) and was able to flee undisturbed to Clermont (central Gaul), in c. AD 500. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. | E02060 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Victor the Moor (soldier and martyr of Milan, S00312) narrates the trial, torture, death and burial of Victor in Milan under the emperor Maximian. Written presumably in Milan, probably between the 5th and the 7th c. | E04624 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 27 January. | E04963 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 21 September. | E04972 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 30 September. | E05214 | Hymn (Victor Nabor Felix pii), almost certainly by Ambrose of Milan, for *Nabor and Felix (brothers, soldiers and martyrs, buried in Milan, S00609) and *Victor ('Maurus'/the Moor, soldier and martyr of Milan, S00312). Written in Latin in Milan (northern Italy), probably after 386. | E05346 | Ambrose of Milan composes the epitaph for his brother Satyrus, buried next to the grave of *Victor ('Maurus'/the Moor, soldier and martyr of Milan, S00312) in Milan (northern Italy). The inscription describes how the proximity to Victor will cleanse Satyrus. Written in Latin, shortly after 378. | E05773 | Agnellus of Ravenna, writing in 830/846 in his Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis (70), records an event in 546 as occurring by a gate at Ravenna (northern Italy) 'of saint Victor', probably *Victor 'Maurus' (soldier and martyr of Milan, S00312). Written in Latin at Ravenna. | E08123 | Anonymous poem, commissioned by Perpetuus (bishop of Tours 458/459-488/489) and recorded in the Martinellus, for a shrine (memoria) with relics of *John (the Baptist, S00020), *Felix (probably the soldier and martyr of Milan, brother of Nabor, S00609), *Victor (probably Victor 'Maurus', soldier and martyr of Milan, S00312), and *Gervasius and Protasius (brothers and martyrs of Milan, S00313); probably in, or very near, the basilica of Martin at Tours (north-west Gaul). Written in Latin at Tours. | E08315 | 35 relic labels at Sens (northern Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of a great diversity of saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Sens, or at an earlier stage in their transmission. | E08363 | Seven relic labels from Cantù (north-west Italy), datable by their script to c. 700, for relics of various saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Cantù, or possibly Rome or Milan. | E08415 | A fragmentary papyrus document from the gesta municipalia of Ravenna (north-east Italy) records churches in the city dedicated to *Agatha (virgin and martyr of Catania, S00794) and *Victor (probably the martyr of Milan, S00312). Written in Latin at Ravenna, 17 July 564. |
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