Vitus
deity sky Christian single tradition · 4
Vitus was a Christian martyr from Sicily. He is considered the patron saint of dancers and entertainers. He is also said to protect against lightning strikes, animal attacks, and oversleeping.
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When
- First attested
- 303 CE
- Attested period
- 303 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Died during the Diocletianic Persecution.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Svetovid, Luke the Evangelist, Gabriel the Archangel, Brigid of Ireland, Marinus, Antipas, Apollonia, Foillan, Martha, Cosmas, Pantaleon, Raphael the Archangel, Gianna Beretta Molla, Zita, Severus of Avranches, Fiacre, Frances of Rome, Maurice, Lydia, Silvia, Scholastica, Bernardino of Siena, Roch, Peregrine Laziosi, Agatha, Alfie Lambe, Berlinda of Meerbeke, Hemma of Gurk, Juliana of Nicomedia, John of Bridlington, Peter of Murom, Fevronia of Murom, Deicolus, Pharaildis, Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, Andrew Corsini, Sebaldus, Agapitus of Palestrina, Erasmus of Formiae, Willibrord, Quentin, Cornelius, Pancras, Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago, Christopher, Michael, Quirinus, Blaise, Gaudentius of Ossero, Duje, St. Chrysogonus, Francis Xavier, Paul the Apostle's Conversion, George, Martin of Tours, Florian, Gotthard of Hildesheim, Wenceslaus, Saint Primitivus, Saint Constantius, Saint Auratianus, Melchior Grodziecki, Clement of Rome, Hippolytus of Rome, John of Nepomuk, Paulina of Rome, Pope Pius V, Saint Ligorius, Procopius of Sázava, Damian, Stephen, Saint Peter, Mary, Paul, John the Baptist, Bartholomew, Peter
- allied with
- Modestus, Crescentia, angels
- student of
- Modestus
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Vitus is the patron saint of the city of Rijeka in Croatia; the towns of Ciminna and Vita in Sicily; Forio on the island of Ischia, the town of Sapri in Campania; the contrada of San Vito, in Torella dei Lombardi, in Avellino; the town of Rapone, Italy; the Gooi region in the Netherlands; the Italian colony of San Vito in Costa Rica; and the town of St. Vith in Belgium.”
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“Dancers - Vitus”
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“Choreas (Sydenham's chorea, Huntington's disease), epilepsy, seizures, oversleeping – Vitus”
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“Březnice – Vitus; Dobřany – Vitus”
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