Victor

Saint Victor was a martyr of Rome, who died in 304 by some reckonings, commemorated on 17 May. Almost nothing is known of him. The Hieronymian Martyrology of the fifth century calls him a Roman martyr. The time of his martyrdom is uncertain and is placed in the time of Diocletian (284-305). According to the Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, he was buried in the catacomb of Saint Hermes, also called that of Basilla. From a mistaken reading of the Hieronymian Martyrology, Caesar Baronius put his commemoration in the Roman Martyrology together with two other martyrs, Adrion and Basilla; in reality Adrion is a martyr of Alexandria in Egypt, and Basilla is only the name of the cemetery where Victor was buried. The Roman Martyrology revised after the Second Vatican Council separated the commemorations. He is venerated in the Catholic Church.