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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Vincent of Craco

Martyr of Craco in Italy, remembered in the early martyrologies.

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Era
3rd century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Vincent of Craco is a martyr honoured at Craco in the province of Matera in Basilicata (Italy) and by emigrants from the town settled in North America. By local tradition he was a soldier in the Theban Legion, put to death in the year 286 at Agaunum (today Martigny, in Switzerland), for refusing to sacrifice to the gods before a battle. His feast is kept on the fourth Sunday of October. The story rests not on historical sources but on local tradition.