Name
Victor, martyr of Birten by Xanten
Saint ID
S00341
Reported Death Not After
550
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| 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. | E00587 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (62), describes how Eberigisil, bishop of Cologne and a contemporary of Gregory, built a church of *Mallosus (martyr of Xanten, S00340) in Birten, by Xanten (north-east Gaul), to replace an earlier oratory, and how the saint's body was discovered thanks to a vision experienced by a deacon from Metz; in the same church *Victor (martyr of Xanten, S00341) was said to be buried. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. |
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