Saint
Victor of Piacenza
Bishop of Piacenza
Bishop of Piacenza in Italy, who reposed around 375.
- Feast
- December 7old style December 20
- Reposed
- 3754th century
- Place
- Piacenza
- Order
- Hierarchs
Life
Saint Victor of Piacenza was the first Bishop of Piacenza in Italy, from 322 to 375, and a defender of Orthodoxy against Arianism. He reposed in 375.
The sources give no other details. He is a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 7 December (New Calendar).
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