Saint
Victor of Vita
Bishop of Vita
Bishop of Vita in Africa, who wrote the history of the persecution by the Arian Vandals.
Life
Victor of Vita was born at Carthage in North Africa around the year 430 and was a bishop, either of Vita (in the province of Byzacena) or of Utica. He is known above all for his history of the persecution in the African province under the Vandal kings Genseric and Huneric. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.
His commemoration falls on 23 August (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 5 September of the civil calendar.
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