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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Victor of Rome

A martyr remembered at Rome in connection with the catacomb of Callixtus.

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Era
unknown
Place
Catacomb of Callixtus
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Victor of Rome was a Christian of the early centuries whose real name is not known; he died by a sword blow to the head, at about thirty years of age, and was buried in the catacomb of Callixtus. After the victory at Vienna (1683), Pope Innocent XI gave his body to King John III Sobieski, giving him the name Victor. The relics reached Zhovkva in 1740, then Mariampol and, after 1945, Wroclaw, in the cathedral of Saint John the Baptist.