jeudi 8 mai 2014

Saint VITTORE il MORO (VICTOR MAURUS, VICTOR de MILAN), soldat et martyr

San Vittore il Moro

MilanoSan Vittore, mosaico della seconda metà del secolo V. nella cupola della cappella di San Vittore in ciel d'oro nella basilica di sant'Ambrogio. L'edificio risale al IV secolo d.C..

San Vittore il Moro

Milano. La cupola della cappella di San Vittore in ciel d'oro nella basilica di sant'Ambrogio. L'edificio risale al IV secolo d.C., il mosaico alla seconda metà del secolo V. Al centro: San Vittore. Foto di Giovanni Dall'Orto, 25-4-2007.

Milan (Italy). The dome of the shrine of San Vittore in ciel d'oro, now a chapel of Sant'Ambrogio basilica. The building dates back to the 4th century, the mosaic to the second half of the 5th century. In the centre, Saint Victor. Picture by Giovanni Dall'Orto, April 25 2007.

Coupole de la chapelle Saint Victor en ciel d'or, basilique Saint-Ambroise de Milan. Mosaïque du Vème siècle.


Saint Victor

Soldat africain en garnison à Milan (+ 303)

Il fut appelé à répondre de sa foi devant les tribunaux et résista avec courage à tous les efforts pour le faire apostasier. 

À Milan, commémoraison de saint Victor, martyr vers 303. D’origine maure, et chrétien dès son enfance, il servait dans les camps de l’armée impériale. Quand Maximien voulut le forcer à sacrifier aux idoles, il déposa les armes et, conduit à Lodi, fléchit le cou et tomba sous l’épée.

Martyrologe romain

SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/6882/Saint-Victor.html

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Statua di San Vittore dal basso museo del Duomo di Milano

Galeazzo Sanseverino, Statue of St Victor, last decade of 15th century). Bracket statue from Candoglia marble. Museo del Duomo – Milan

Статуя на Свети Виктор в музея Museo del Duomo, Милано. Неизвестен милански скулптор (последно десетилетие на 15-ти век), мрамор от Кандолия.

San Vittore il Moro

Statua di San Vittore dal basso museo del Duomo di Milano

Galeazzo Sanseverino, Statue of St Victor, last decade of 15th century). Bracket statue from Candoglia marble. Museo del Duomo – Milan

Статуя на Свети Виктор в музея Museo del Duomo, Милано. Неизвестен милански скулптор (последно десетилетие на 15-ти век), мрамор от Кандолия.


Saint Victor de Milan

Victor vient de Mauritanie et comme lui ses compagnons: Narbor et Félix. On les appelle les Maures dans l’armée impériale de Maximien qui les affecte en poste à Milan. Nous sommes entre le IIIème et le IVème siècle. Cependant, une grande purge survient au sein de l’armée: les chrétiens ne sont pas bien-acceptés, et les trois sont des convertis de la première heure. Ils sont fidèles à l’empereur, ils lui obéissent dans leur vie civile et militaire, mais ils ne veulent pas avoir à choisir entre lui et Dieu.

Dieu au-dessus du commandement de l’empereur

Victor est arrêté pour son objection de conscience. Pendant des jours, il est gardé dans une cellule privé de nourriture et de boisson, jusqu’à ce qu’ils l’emmènent à l’hippodrome du cirque - l’actuelle Porte Ticinese - en présence de l’empereur lui-même et son conseiller Anulino, mais même devant eux, il reste ferme dans son refus de faire des sacrifices aux idoles. Ramené en prison à Porta Romana, il y subit de terribles tortures, que le Seigneur l’aide à endurer, en le rendant insensible à la douleur. Narbor et Félix, qui ont également été emprisonnés pour avoir refusé d’abjurer, sont conduits à Lodi et martyrisés.

La Couronne du Martyre

Un jour, profitant de la distraction de son gardien, Vittore parvient à s’évader et se réfugia dans une écurie près de la zone actuelle de Porta Vercellina. Mais son évasion ne dure pas longtemps : une fois découvert, il est emmené par des soldats dans une forêt et décapité. Selon la tradition, son corps non enseveli et resté indemne, surveillé par deux nobles bêtes, est retrouvé par l’évêque Saint Materne qui lui donnera une digne sépulture.

La vénération de Saint Victor à Milan

Nous savons beaucoup de choses sur la vie de ce Saint grâce aux écrits transmis par saint Ambroise : on comprend donc la grande vénération dans le diocèse ambrosien pour cette figure originaire d’Afrique. C’est le Saint-Evêque de Milan qui lui dédie une somptueuse tombe, également avec des mosaïques dorées, plus tard incorporée dans la basilique de Saint-Ambroise. En 1576, saint Charles Borromée fit une reconnaissance solennelle des reliques du saint, jusque-là dispersés en différents endroits de la ville, et les rassembla. Nous savons que déjà, il était vénéré comme saint patron des exilés et des prisonniers.

SOURCE : https://www.vaticannews.va/fr/saint-du-jour/05/08/saint-victor--martyr-de-milan.html

San Vittore il Moro

Unknown Master, Flemish (last quarter of the 15th century), The Torture of St Victor, 1490, Stedelijke Musea Mechelen, Mechelen, Arrondissement of Mechelen, Province of Antwerp,


Évangélisation

Saint Victor, martyr de Milan, dans le mai marial

Le 8 mai, l'Église célèbre saint Victor de Milan (IVe siècle), qui a préféré mourir plutôt que de renoncer à la foi, comme le souligne saint Ambroise. Le mois de mai est marqué par des fêtes de la Vierge Marie qui font l'objet d'une grande dévotion populaire. Par exemple, Notre-Dame de Luján en Argentine (8 mai), ou Notre-Dame des Abandonnés (Valence), qui est célébrée le dimanche 11 mai. 

 La liturgie commémore Saint Victor de Milan, martyr, le 8 mai. Avec deux autres soldats romains chrétiens, Narbore et Félix, ils ont tous les trois choisi la mort plutôt que de renier leur foi, explique la liturgie. Agence du Vatican

Saint Victor et ses compagnons arrivèrent de Mauritanie (Afrique) et furent appelés dans l'armée impériale de Maximien, qui les affecta à Milan. En tant que chrétiens, ils n'étaient pas bien vus dans l'armée. Ils sont fidèles à l'empereur et ne veulent pas avoir à choisir entre lui et Dieu. Victor fut arrêté pour objection de conscience et enfermé dans une cellule sans boire ni manger, mais il refusa de sacrifier aux idoles. 

Grâce à St. Ambroise

Son martyre et le culte qui lui a été rendu à Milan depuis l'antiquité sont des faits historiques. sans aucun doute, également grâce à saint Ambroise. Le saint évêque de Milan lui a dédié un tombeau, même avec des mosaïques dorées, qui a ensuite été intégré à la basilique Saint-Ambroise, ardent défenseur de la Vierge Marie Immaculée. Saint Charles Borromée reconnut solennellement les reliques du saint, jusqu'alors dispersées.

Luján, Valence...

Ce mois de mai, comme on l'a déjà signalé, est marqué par des fêtes de la Vierge Marie qui suscitent une grande dévotion populaire et des célébrations massives. "Comme tous les 8 mai, c'est avec beaucoup de joie et d'espoir que nous célébrons le jour de notre Mère, la solennité, la fête de Notre Dame de Luján", indique la Site de la basilique de la Vierge de Luján.

Pour sa part, Valence célèbre à sa patronne, la Virgen de los Desamparados, le dimanche 11 mai. Les Archevêque de ValenceEnrique Benavent présidera la célébration de la fête. Après la Missa d'Infants, commencera le traditionnel transfert de l'image de pèlerinage de la Mare de Déu, de la Basilique de la Vierge à la Cathédrale, où sera célébrée la Messe Pontificale.

L'auteurFrancisco Otamendi

SOURCE : https://www.omnesmag.com/fr/focus/saint-victor-martyr-milan/

San Vittore il Moro

Jacopo, Gentile e Giovanni Bellini, Polittico della Natività / Triptych of birth of Christ, da Santa Maria della Carità, 1464-1470 ca., tempera on panelGallerie dell'Accademi, MIBAC

San Vittore il Moro

Jacopo, Gentile e Giovanni Bellini, Polittico della Natività / Triptych of birth of Christ, da Santa Maria della Carità, 1464-1470 ca., tempera on panelGallerie dell'Accademi, MIBAC


Saint Victor Maurus

Also known as

Victor of Milan

Victor the Moor

Viktor

Vittore

Vittorio

Memorial

8 May

Profile

Soldier in the Roman Praetorian Guard. A Christian from his youth, Victor lived in quiet praise of God. Around 303, the elderly Victor was arrested in MilanItaly in the persecutions of Maximian. He was tortured for his faith, basted in molten lead, and killedMartyrSaint Gregory of Tours wrote of miracles that occurred at Victor’s grave.

Born

3rd century in Mauretania, Africa

Died

beheaded c.303

buried outside MilanItaly

a church was later erected over the grave

relics translated in 1576 to an Olivetan church dedicated to him in Milan

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Patronage

exiles

prisoners

in Italy

Aguzzo

Albavilla

Arcisate

Arsago Seprio

Asigliano Vercellese

Balangero

Borghetto

Bottanuco

Brezzo di Bedero

Caiolo

Canale

Cannobio

Caselle Torinese

Casorate Primo

Corbetta

Feletto

Gaverina Terme

Mese

Milan

Missaglia

Odolengo

Piamborno

Porlezza

Quagliuzzo

Rho

Ronago

San Vittore, Salsomaggiore Terme

San Vittore del Lazio

San Vittore Olona

Sizzano

Terno d’Isola

Vallerano

Varese

Verbania

Viadagola

Villa Cortese

in Switzerland

Balerna

Muralto

Poschiavo

Representation

man being thrown into a furnace

man roasted in a bronze bull

man roasted in an oven

Moorish soldier trampling on a broken pagan altar

bull

fire

Additional Information

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate

Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler

Roman Martyrology1914 edition

Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein

books

Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

Sacred and Legendary Art, by Anna Jameson

Saints and Their Attributes, by Helen Roeder

other sites in english

Adopt A Spire

Adopt A Spire

Catholic Online

Catholic Online

David Woods

uCatholic

Wikipedia

images

Wikimedia Commons

sitios en español

Martirologio Romano2001 edición

fonti in italiano

Cathopedia

Martirologio Romano2005 edition

Santi e Beati

strony w jezyku polskim

Deon

MLA Citation

“Saint Victor Maurus“. CatholicSaints.Info. 11 March 2024. Web. 19 June 2025. <https://catholicsaints.info/saint-victor-maurus/>

SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-victor-maurus/

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Adriaen van Overbeke (–1529), The martyrdom of St Victor, 1523, oil on panel, St.-Victor- church


Book of Saints – Victor – 8 May

Article

(SaintMartyr (May 8) (4th century) A Roman soldier of the Praetorian Guard, and a Christian from his infancy, who, bravely refusing to sacrifice to idols, was put to death at Milan under the Emperor Maximian Herculeus (A.D. 304). Saint Ambrose and Saint Gregory of Tours bear witness to the many miracles worked at his tomb.

MLA Citation

Monks of Ramsgate. “Victor”. Book of Saints1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 6 May 2017. Web. 20 June 2025. <https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-victor-8-may/>

SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-victor-8-may/

San Vittore il Moro

Navata di destra della Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio a Milano. "Anticappella di san Satiro" (1738). Al centro del soffitto, affresco di Antonio De Giorgi (1729-1793), Gloria di San Vittore (1763)Foto di Giovanni Dall'Orto, 25-4-2007.

Right-side nave of Sant'Ambrogio basilica in Milan, Italy. "Anticappella di san Satiro", Navata di destra della Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio a Milano. "Anticappella di san Satiro", affresco di Antonio De Giorgi (1729-1793), Gloria di San Vittore (1763). Foto di Giovanni Dall'Orto, 25-4-2007.

San Vittore il Moro

Navata di destra della Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio a Milano. "Anticappella di san Satiro" (1738). Al centro del soffitto, affresco di Antonio De Giorgi (1729-1793), Gloria di San Vittore (1763)Foto di Giovanni Dall'Orto, 25-4-2007.

Right-side nave of Sant'Ambrogio basilica in Milan, Italy. "Anticappella di san Satiro", Navata di destra della Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio a Milano. "Anticappella di san Satiro", affresco di Antonio De Giorgi (1729-1793), Gloria di San Vittore (1763). Foto di Giovanni Dall'Orto, 25-4-2007.


St. Victor Maurus

Feastday: May 8

Death: 303

Victor Maurus was a native of Mauretania. He was born in the third century, and was called Maurus to distinguish him from other confessors named Victor. He is believed to have been a soldier in the Praetorian guard. Victor was a Christian from his youth, but it was not until he was an elderly man that he was arrested for the Faith. After severe tortures, including being basted with molten lead, he was decapitated under Maximian in Milan around the year 303. Later a church was erected over his grave. According to St. Gregory of Tours, many miracles occurred at the shrine. In 1576, at the request of St. Charles of Borromeo, Victor's relics were transferred to a new church in Milan established by the Olivetan monks. The church still bears St. Victor's name today. After a life of adherence to the Faith during perilous times, St. Victor Maurus was taken prisoner and tortured as an old man. Despite age, infirmity, and declining health, he remained steadfast in the Faith, gladly giving up his life for the Kingdom. His generous response to the call to martyrdom stands as a solemn sign to the modern church of the folly of the things of this world. His feast day is May 8th.

SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=248

San Vittore il Moro

Anzù (Feltre, Veneto) - Capitello dell'Angelo - Affresco di san Vittore

Anzù (Feltre, Veneto, Italy) - Capitello dell'Angelo - Fresco of saint Victor


Victor Maurus M (RM)

(also known as Victor the Moor)

Born in Mauritania, North Africa; died in Milan, Italy, in 303. Saint Victor was a soldier in the Praetorian Guard who is associated by Saint Ambrose, bishop of Milan from 374 to 397, with the martyrs SS. Nabor and Felix. He was martyred under Maximian. Many churches, especially in Milan, are dedicated to his honor. His cultus spread readily as far as England. Although little is known of his life, hagiographers have not hesitated to add details to the little information that is available (Benedictines, Farmer). In art, Saint Victor is depicted as a Moorish soldier trampling on a broken altar. He might also be portrayed as being roasted in an oven or a brazen bull, or thrown into a furnace. He is venerated in Milan (Roeder).

SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0508.shtml

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Seren del Grappa (Veneto), chiesa di San Siro - Affreschi - San Vittore

Seren del Grappa (Veneto, Italy), Saint Syrus church - Frescos - Saint Victor


Saint Victor Maurus

St. Victor Maurus was a native of Mauretania. He was born in the third century, and was called Maurus to distinguish him from other confessors named Victor. He is believed to have been a soldier in the Praetorian guard. Victor was a Christian from his youth, but it was not until he was an elderly man that he was arrested for the Faith.

After severe tortures, including being basted with molten lead, he was decapitated under Maximian in Milan around the year 303. Later a church was erected over his grave. According to St. Gregory of Tours, many miracles occurred at the shrine. In 1576, at the request of St. Charles of Borromeo, Victor’s relics were transferred to a new church in Milan established by the Olivetan monks. The church still bears St. Victor’s name today. After a life of adherence to the Faith during perilous times, St. Victor Maurus was taken prisoner and tortured as an old man.

Despite age, infirmity, and declining health, he remained steadfast in the Faith, gladly giving up his life for the Kingdom. His generous response to the call to martyrdom stands as a solemn sign to the modern church of the folly of the things of this world. His feast day is May 8th.

SOURCE : http://www.ucatholic.com/saints/victor-maurus/


May 8

St. Victor, Martyr at Milan

ST. AMBROSE speaks of him, 1 and St. Gregory of Tours 2 mentions his tomb famed for miracles. He served in the armies of Maximian, and by his order was tortured on the rack, and at length beheaded at Milan, in 303. His celebrated church at Milan, is now in the hands of the Olivetan monks, by whom it was rebuilt in a most sumptuous manner and in a finished taste, when St. Charles performed the dedication of it, and the solemn translation of the martyr’s relics. See the Bollandists.

Note 1. L. 7, in Luc

Note 2. L. 1, de Glor. Mart. c. 45. 

Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73).  Volume V: May. The Lives of the Saints.  1866.

SOURCE : http://www.bartleby.com/210/5/083.html

San Vittore il Moro

Estatua en la iglesia de San Víctor, Esino Lario, Italia

Statue in Saint Victor church, Esino Lario, Italy


St. Victor of Milan

The Passion of St. Victor (BHL 8580)

1. When the impious Maximianus was ruling as emperor there was a great persecution of Christians in the city of Milan. There was there a certain soldier by the name of Victor, Moorish by race, who was very well known to the emperor. Then his ministers made a report to the emperor saying, "O Most Clement Lord and Emperor, Victor the Moor has become a Christian and blasphemes against our gods, saying that they are demons. The emperor was angered and ordered that Victor be brought before him; and he said to him, "Victor my soldier, what do you think that you are lacking that you have become a Christian ?" Victor responded, "I have not become a Christian just recently, but have been one since my youth." The emperor Maximianus said, "You are a Christian, then, so you clearly say ?" Victor replied, "I certainly am a Christian, and I adore Jesus Christ the Son of the Living God who was born of the Virgin Mary. I believe in my heart, and I never stop praising him with my mouth." Then the emperor Maximianus was filled with anger and ordered that he be thrown into the prison which was near the Circus and on the route to the Ticinese Gate, and that he be closely guarded, saying to him, "Go Victor, think to yourself how you can escape those terrible tortures which will viciously rip you unless you offer sacrifice". Thus he was sent to prison and spent six days there, and the emperor ordered that neither bread nor water were to be given to him. On the seventh day the emperor Maximianus ordered a platform to be readied for him in the hippodrome of the Circus, and that Saint Victor be brought to him. He said to him, "What is it, Victor, what have you decided about your salvation ?" Saint Victor replied, "Christ is my salvation and my strength. I am nourished by the spirit of him who I have received into my body."

2. Then the emperor Maximianus was filled with anger and ordered that clubs be brought, and that Victor be stretched out in his sight and beaten. He commanded that the torturers should go beyond the third mark of the rack, and should shout at him, "Sacrifice to the Gods whom the emperor and everyone wor- ship." When Victor had been beaten the emperor ordered that he be set up straight, and said to him, "Victor, hear my advice, yield to and serve those gods: because no-one can better serve them than you, especially since you are distinguished by your grey hairs". Saint Victor replied, "Blessed David, king and prophet, teaches, "All the gods of the nations are demons, but our God made the heavens: if, therefore, they are called demons from the start, how will I worship them ?" Then the emperor Maximianus said to him, "Behold I give to you the rank of magister militum, much gold and silver, retinues and property, only sacrifice to the gods whom we worship". Victor replied, "I have already said, and will say it again: I will not sacrifice to the demons but I offer myself as a sacrifice of praise to God: because it is written "everyone who sacrifices to demons and not to God will be destroyed."" The emperor's consiliarius Anolinus said, "Victor, rewards have been promised to you by the most clement emperor: why don't you sacrifice to the gods whom the emperor adores, those to whom he bows his neck ?" Saint Victor replied, "I do not accept the rewards promised by you, but I accept strength from my God every- day."

3. Then, angered, the emperor Maximianus ordered that he be thrown into prison again, the prison near the Roman Gate. When he was there for three days the emperor ordered that he be brought forth from the prison, and said to him, "Victor, sacrifice to those gods whose real divinity proves them to be gods". Saint Victor replied, "I do not sacrifice to the gods of the pagans: for it would be shameful for me to desert what I learned in the sanctification of my baptism, even if in a situation of necessity and under the compulsion of an evil man, you. I will not. Do what you will do, for I know that he who fights on my behalf is stronger than you." Then the emperor Maximianus and his Con- siliarius Anolinus ordered clubs to be brought, and Victor to be stretched out. They ordered that the torturers should go beyond the fifth mark of the rack, and should shout at him, "Sacrifice to the gods whom the emperor and everyone worship." Then Saint Victor, although he was in the middle of his punishment, did not show any feeling of pain but prayed thus to the Lord, saying, "Lord Jesus Christ by whose bread I am nourished today, my king and my God, help me in the midst of these tortures." Then the emperor Maximianus said to him, "Victor, take thought for your life and sacrifice to the gods whom all adore. For I swear by the gods, by my welfare and by the government of the state, that unless you sacrifice through various punishments I will make you breathe your last breath. And do not hope that if you are punished by me that the christians will make my servant one of their martyrs: for I will order that you be flung where your body will never be found." Saint Victor replied, "I am not sacrificing: do what seems best to you: you will not make a servant of yours breathe his last as you said, but a servant of Christ." Then the emperor Maximianus, angered because Victor had replied in this manner, ordered that he be thrown into the prison near the Roman Gate again, and that his legs be stretched apart on a slab.

4. When Victor had been let out from there, the Consiliarius Anolinus sent messengers to him saying, "Go and say to Victor "Fellow, you have badly given up hope of your life, take thought for your safety, and do not further provke your emperor to anger. Hear my advice, sacrifice to our gods and seek from the emperor whatever honour you wish: for by the gods and the welfare of the emperor you are readying many torments for yourself."" Saint Victor said to those who came to him, "Go and tell Anolinus. I do not sacrifice to the gods of the pagans because scripture teaches us that all those who worship idols and glory in their statues will be destroyed. I worship the living and true God that I may live forever." When this had been reported to Anolinus it was reported to the emperor also. Both were extremely angry. On the next day the emperor Maximianus ordered him to be led out of prison, and Anolinus said to him, "Is your heart so stubborn that you will not listen to the commands of the emperor and sacrifice ?" Saint Victor replied, "I do not sacrifice to gods which are unclean and senseless."Then the emperor ordered that all kinds of instruments of torture be brought before him, and he said to him, "Do you see, Victor, what great torments await you if you do not sacrifice ?" Saint Victor replied, "Those torments which you wish to inflict upon me are nothing: but greater torments will be prepared for you by my god on the day of righteous judgement." Then the emperor Maximianus, taking it badly that Victor had openly insulted him, ordered lead to be brought forward, melted, and poured over the whole of Victor's body. And when he was being covered in this way, Victor prayed thus to the Lord, saying, "O Lord Jesus Christ, for whose name I endure these things, help me and free me, just as you freed unharmed the three boys from the midst of the burning furnace, and confounded the tyrant: send an aide now in that manner, and free your servant to the embarassment of Maxi- mianus and his lackeys." And there immediately appeared an angel of the Lord who made the lead as cold as spring-water, and it did not burn any part of Victor's body. Then, stretching out his hands, Blessed Victor gave thanks to the Lord, saying, "I thank you, Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, that you deigned to pity your servant, and sent your holy angel who cooled the lead and soothed with the ointment of your mercy the wounds which the wicked Maximianus inflicted upon me." Then Maximianus and all those who were present were amazed that Victor's body had not been burned. Then Saint Victor said, "I thank you, Lord God, Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, you who cooled the lead and enabled me to overcome the terrible tortures; do not allow me, I beg you, to be overcome by those men."

5. Then the emperor Maximianus ordered that he be led to the Vercelline Gate: and while they awaited the emperor's commands they paused there. Then the soldiers who were guarding Saint Victor fell asleep, and rising Victor fled and hid himself in a stable in front of the theatre. Then the soldiers rose and pursued him, and finding a lone woman they questioned her, asking "Did you not see a white-haired man with torn clothing come this way ?" The woman replied, and said, "I did see a white-haired man with torn clothing flee this way." Then the soldiers continued their pursuit along the road which was named after the stables, and they arrived in front of the theatre; and entering the stables they found Saint Victor hidden in front of the horses. Then the soldiers assaulted him and brought him outside. When Maximianus heard that Victor had fled he was furious with his soldiers, and he ordered other soldiers to take them outside the city to a place called the Garden of Philippus. The emperor himself strolled about in the hippodrome of the circus, and sent runners to Victor, saying "Go and tell Victor "you have despaired for your life, and you are not willing to offer sacrifice: by the gods, if you do not sacrifice I will sentence you to capital punishment."" To these Victor replied, "Go and tell your emperor "do quickly what you are about to do because I want to receive my reward from God, the reward for which I suffer these things, and because it is time: if it should please him who has given me my soul and spirit."" Then the emperor Maximianus ordered his servants to be called, and he told them that Victor was to be led to a small wood named The Elms, where he the emperor had a garden, and that he was to be beheaded there. And when Saint Victor was being brought there, he said to the soldiers who were bringing him, "Tell the emperor Maximianus that he will die this year, and that when he is dead no grave will accept him unless his legs are broken." When he had said these things they reached the place, and Victor made a speech, saying, "I thank you, Lord Jesus Christ, that you have not separated me from your saints, my fellow citizens, Nabor and Felix. I bless and thank you forever. Amen." When the speech was complete his head was cut off by a servant.

6. Then the emperor ordered that no-one should bury his body in order that it might be eaten by the wild animals. And after six days the emperor sent his quaestor with soldiers in order to see if it had been eaten by the beasts and serpents. They went and found Victor's body intact, in no part damaged, and two beasts guarding it, one at his head and the other at his feet. They returned and reported to the emperor. Then the emperor ordered that the body should be buried. After permission had been given to bury the martyr the saintly and most blessed bishop Maternus went for it, and found two beasts, one guarding his head and the other guarding his feet. The body itself was as it had been left at the very hour of execution. But the beasts, when they saw the saintly bishop Maternus, gave way; as long as they had stood there the body had been protected. Maternus wrapped the corpse in linen, brought it not far from the little wood, and buried it in peace. Then Anolinus the consiliarius ordered all the exceptores in the palace to be seized, and made them swear by their gods that if any of them had any written record no-one would conceal it. Then they all swore by the gods and by the safety of the emperor that no-one would conceal such, and all the papers were brought forward, and Anolinus had them burned before him by a servant. This greatly pleased the emperor. Saint Victor was beheaded on 8 May, and buried by the bishop Saint Maternus on 14 May, during the reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ with the Father and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

SOURCE : http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/Victor.html

San Vittore il Moro

Calcio (Lombardia), chiesa di San Vittore nuova - Statua di san Vittore sulla bussola

Calcio (Lombardy, Italy), new Saint Victor church - Statue of saint Victor on the bussola


Saint of the Day – 8 May – St Victor Maurus the Moor (Died c 303) Martyr

Posted on May 8, 2022

Saint of the Day – 8 May – St Victor Maurus the Moor (Died c 303) Martyr, Layman, Confessor, ex-Soldier. Born in the 3rd Century in Mauretania, Africa and died by beheading in c 303 at Milan. Patronages – Asigliano, Italy, Balangero, Italy, Borghetto, Italy, Canale, Italy, Caselle Torinese, Italy, Feletto, Italy, Odolengo, Italy, Quagliuzzo, Italy, Rho, Italy, San Vittore Olona, Italy. Varese, Italy, Verbania, Italy. Also known as – Victor the Moor, Viktor; Vittore; Vittorio.

The Roman Martyrology reads: “At Milan, the birthday of the holy Martyr Victor, a Moor. He became a Christian in his youth and served as a soldier in the imperial army. When Maximian wished to force him to offer sacrifice to idols, he persevered with the greatest fortitude in the confession of the Lord. Being first beaten with rods but without experiencing any pain, through the protection of God and then, having melted lead, poured over him, which did him no injury whatever. He at length terminated the career of his glorious Martyrdom by being beheaded.”

Victor, born into a Christian family, was a soldier in the Roman Praetorian Guard under Maximian. In the “Acts,” which date to the 8th Century, it is said that Victor refused to continue his military service. Dragged to the Hippodrome of the Circus in the presence of Maximian Herculean and his adviser Anulinus, he refused to betray his beliefs, despite the torments to which he was subjected. Whipped and imprisoned, after an almost miraculous escape, he was again captured. He was dragged into a nearby elm wood and decapitated.

His bones were later buried at an ancient Basilica on the site of a former Roman mausoleum. They were later moved to the Oratory of San Vittore in Ciel d’Oro, originally a free-standing Chapel, commissioned by Bishop Maternus to hold the relics of Saint Victor. It is now part of the Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio, built by St Ambrose, as the Bishop of Milan, and initially called the “Basilica Martyrum.”. Victor’s cause was promoted by St Ambrose.

St Gregory of Tours claimed miracles occurred at Victor’s grave. In 1576, Bishop St Charles Borromeo had the relics returned to the rebuilt San Vittore al Corpo. Forensic examinations conducted in 2018 indicated a male in his mid-twenties, with clear signs of decapitation.

Numerous Churches have been dedicated to him in the City of Milan itself and throughout the Diocese of Milan and its neighbouring towns.

Author: AnaStpaul

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La cathédrale de Milan (en italien : duomo di Milano), officiellement la cathédrale métropolitaine de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge-Marie (cattedrale metropolitana della Natività della Beata Vergine Maria), piazza del DuomoMilanItalie.


ST. VICTOR

08 MayFaçade Spire-G17

Patron Saint: Patron Saint of: prisoners and exiles Symbol: Palm leaf

At the risk of seeming too frivolous and disrespectful, we might say that St. Ambrose was one of the most effective “talent-scouts” in history. Literally digging into the history of Milan, he found illustrious personages there, who honoured the diocese at the head of which he so unexpectedly found himself. And as a good “talent-scout”, he also knew how to launch his favourites with all the means then available, above all feast days, hymns and monuments. One of St. Ambrose’s discoveries was indeed St. Victor, of whom he wrote at length in his Explanatio evangelii secundum Lucam and in the hymn Victor, Nabor, Felix pii. The other “historical” source from which we can learn about the life and above all the martyrdom of St. Victor are the Acts, dating from the 8th century.
Victor, Nabor and Felix were three soldiers originating from Mauretania and stationed in Milan. Forced, like others of their companions in the army and in their religion, to choose between the Emperor and God, their choice was clear and determined, but Victor’s conscientious objection brought him only arrest and solitary confinement. After keeping him six days without food and water to weaken his resistance, he was dragged to the hippodrome in the circus (near the present-day Porta Ticinese): despite the fact that his interrogation was conducted by Maximian himself and by his adviser Anulinus, Victor determinedly refused to sacrifice to the idols, even after a severe flagellation. Taken back to prison, near today’s Porta Romana, St. Victor was further tortured: molten lead was poured into his wounds, but this African soldier’s strong character was still not weakened. Indeed, one day, taking advantage of the carelessness of his gaolers, he succeeded in escaping and taking refuge in a stable near a theatre, near where Porta Vercellina now stands. But by then his wandering had ended: discovered, he was dragged to a nearby elm wood and beheaded. His body remained unburied for a week, but the bishop, St. Maternus found him still intact and faithfully watched over by two wild beasts. A magnificent tomb was then built for him, beside which St. Ambrose decided to have his brother Satyrus buried. St. Victor is one of the saints best loved by the Milanese people, who have built and named churches and other buildings after him, the most sadly famous of which is … the San Vittore prison. Indeed, he is the patron saint of prisoners and exiles.

SOURCE : https://www.duomomilano.it/en/spire/st-victor/

La cathédrale de Milan (en italien : duomo di Milano), officiellement la cathédrale métropolitaine de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge-Marie (cattedrale metropolitana della Natività della Beata Vergine Maria), piazza del DuomoMilanItalie.


ST. VICTOR MARTYR

08 MayApse Spire-G39

Patron Saint: Prisoners and exiles Symbol: Palm

As for the namesake façade Spire G17, even San Vittore placed in the apse embodies that famous soldier from Mauritania who later became one the of best known Milanese martyrs. The oldest news of him comes from St. Ambrose in Explanatio evangelii secundum Lucam and in the hymn in honour of martyrs Vittore, Nabore and Felice, who died to defend their faith in the city of Lodi. Documents of the 8th century report that Vittore refused to continue military service. Dragged in the racecourse of the Circo Massimo before Massimianus Herculius, he refused to betray his faith, despite the atrocities inflicted on him. Scourged and imprisoned, after an almost miraculous escape, he was once again captured and, finally, beheaded. The statue of San Vittore Martyr was originally produced by sculptor Grazioso Rusca in 1813-1814. Indeed, with a typical style of the 1800s, the statue seems devoid of any element or detail that would identify it as San Vittore. Conversely, the martyr was a classical, aesthetically beautiful, proportionate and harmonious figure, consistently with the custom of the time. Rusca’s statue was recently removed from the Spire to be replaced by a faithful reproduction by Nicola Gagliardi. However, observing this spire today, we notice that San Vittore has actually not been placed as yet. These are the times of the Duomo and of its construction site, the convergence of research, checks and consolidation works that take time but which are necessary to restore the Cathedral’s ancient splendour.

SOURCE : https://www.duomomilano.it/en/spire/san-vittore-martire/

San Vittore il Moro

Cosimo DaddiSan Vittore il Moro, 1596, olio su raso di seta, Volterra


San Vittore il Moro Martire

Festa: 8 maggio

III-IV sec.

Le notizie più antiche su di lui le abbiamo da Sant’Ambrogio nell’Explanatio evangelii secundum Lucam e soprattutto nell’Inno in onore dei martiri Vittore, Narbore e Felice, soldati originari della Mauritania, di stanza a Milano, che morirono a Lodi in difesa della fede. Negli Atti, invece che risalgono al VIII secolo, si tramanda che Vittore si rifiutò di continuare a prestare servizio militare. Trascinato nell’ippodromo del Circo alla presenza di Massimiano Erculeo e del suo consigliere Anulino, rifiutò di tradire la fede nonostante tormenti a cui fu sottoposto. Flagellato e incarcerato, dopo un’evasione quasi miracolosa, fu di nuovo catturato e decapitato. Il suo corpo sarebbe stato ritrovato dal vescovo S. Materno.

Etimologia: Vittore = vincitore, dal latino

Emblema: Palma

Martirologio Romano: A Milano, commemorazione di san Vittore, martire, che, di origine mora, mentre era soldato nell’esercito imperiale, all’imposizione da parte di Massimiano di sacrificare agli idoli depose le armi e, condotto a Lodi, morì decapitato con la spada.

Se l'appellativo non rischiasse di apparire troppo leggero e irriverente, potremmo dire che S. Ambrogio fu uno dei più efficaci "talent-scout" della storia. Scavando, letteralmente, nella storia di Milano, vi ritrovò personaggi illustri, che onoravano la diocesi di cui egli si era trovato così repentinamente alla testa. E da buon "talent-scout" egli sapeva anche lanciare i suoi pupilli con tutti i mezzi della pubblicistica allora disponibili, soprattutto le feste popolari, gli inni sacri e i monumenti. Una delle scoperte di S. Ambrogio è appunto S. Vittore, di cui egli parlò diffusamente nell'Explanatio evangelii secundum Lucam e nell'inno Victor, Nabor, Felix pii. L'altra fonte "storica" da cui apprendiamo la vita e soprattutto il martirio di S. Vittore sono gli Atti, che risalgono al secolo VIII.

Vittore, Nabore e Felice erano tre soldati provenienti dalla Mauritania e di stanza a Milano. Costretti, come altri loro compagni nella milizia e nella fede, a fare una scelta tra l'imperatore e Dio, la loro scelta fu chiara e decisa. Ma la sua obiezione di coscienza procurò a Vittore solo l'arresto e la cella di rigore. Dopo avergli fatto passare sei giorni senza mangiare e senza bere per fiaccarne la resistenza, venne trascinato nell'ippodromo del circo (presso l'attuale Porta Ticinese): nonostante che l'interrogatorio venisse condotto dallo stesso Massimiano Erculeo e dal suo consigliere Anulino, Vittore rimase ben saldo nel suo rifiuto di sacrificare agli idoli, che mantenne anche dopo una severa flagellazione. Riportato in carcere, là dove si trova ora Porta Romana, S. Vittore venne ulteriormente tormentato: tra l'altro gli versarono piombo fuso nelle piaghe, ma la forte tempra del soldato africano non ne fu ancora fiaccata.

Un giorno, anzi, approfittando di una disattenzione dei suoi carcerieri, riuscì ad evadere e a rifugiarsi in una stalla situata nei pressi di un teatro, là dove si trova attualmente Porta Vercellina. Ma ormai il suo peregrinare era terminato: scoperto, venne trascinato in un vicino bosco di olmi e decapitato. Il suo corpo rimase insepolto per una settimana, ma il vescovo S. Materno lo ritrovò ancora intatto e fedelmente vegliato da due fiere.

Gli venne quindi edificata una tomba sontuosa, accanto alla quale S. Ambrogio volle far seppellire suo fratello Satiro. S. Vittore è uno dei santi più cari ai milanesi, che gli hanno edificato e intitolato chiese e monumenti, il più tristemente celebre dei quali è... il carcere di S. Vittore. Non per nulla egli è patrono di prigionieri ed esuli.

Autore: Piero Bargellini

San Vittore il Moro

Statua nella facciata della chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta (chiesa di Asigliano Vercellese)


Vittore viene dalla Mauritania e come lui anche i suoi compagni: Narbore e Felice. Mori, li chiamano nell’esercito imperiale di Massimiano che li destina di stanza a Milano. Siamo a cavallo tra il III e il IV secolo. Segue, però, una grande epurazione all’interno dell’esercito: i cristiani non sono benvoluti, e loro tre sono convertiti della prima ora. Sono fedeli all’imperatore, gli obbediscono nella loro vita civile e militare, ma non vogliono dover scegliere tra lui e Dio.

Sopra il comando dell’imperatore sta Dio

Vittore viene arrestato per la sua obiezione di coscienza. Per giorni è tenuto in cella senza mangiare né bere, finché lo portano all’ippodromo del circo – l’attuale Porta Ticinese – al cospetto dell’imperatore stesso e del suo consigliere Anulino, ma anche davanti a loro resta saldo nel suo rifiuto di fare sacrifici agli idoli. Riportato in carcere a Porta Romana, subisce torture terribili, che il Signore lo aiuta a sopportare privandolo del dolore. Narbore e Felice, anch’essi imprigionati per essersi rifiutati di abiurare, vengono condotti a Lodi e martirizzati.

La corona del martirio

Un giorno, approfittando della distrazione del suo carceriere, Vittore riesce a evadere e a rifugiarsi in una stalla nei pressi dell’attuale zona di Porta Vercellina. Ma la sua fuga non dura molto: una volta scoperto viene portato dai soldati in un bosco e decapitato. Secondo la tradizione il suo corpo insepolto e incorrotto, vegliato da due nobili fiere, viene ritrovato dal vescovo San Materno che gli darà degna sepoltura.

La venerazione di San Vittore a Milano

Della vita di questo Santo sappiamo molte cose grazie agli scritti tramandatici da Sant’Ambrogio: si capisce, perciò, la grande venerazione nella diocesi ambrosiana per questa figura originaria dell’Africa. È il Santo vescovo di Milano a dedicargli una tomba sontuosa, addirittura con mosaici d’oro, in seguito inglobata nella Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio. Nel 1576 San Carlo Borromeo fa una solenne ricognizione delle reliquie del Santo, fino a quel momento sparse in diversi punti della città, e le riunisce. Sappiamo che già allora era venerato come patrono degli esuli e dei detenuti.

Fonte : Vatican News

SOURCE : https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/52300

La cathédrale de Milan (en italien : duomo di Milano), officiellement la cathédrale métropolitaine de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge-Marie (cattedrale metropolitana della Natività della Beata Vergine Maria), piazza del DuomoMilanItalie.


S. VITTORE

08 MaggioGuglia di facciata-G17

Città di cui è il patrono (patrocinio): Santo Protettore: prigionieri ed esuli Emblema: Palma

Se l’appellativo non rischiasse di apparire troppo leggero e irriverente, potremmo dire che sant’ Ambrogio fu uno dei più efficaci “talent-scout” della storia. Scavando letteralmente nella storia di Milano, vi ritrovò personaggi illustri, che onoravano la diocesi di cui egli si era trovato così repentinamente alla testa. E da buon “talent-scout” egli sapeva anche lanciare i suoi pupilli con tutti i mezzi della pubblicistica allora disponibili, soprattutto le feste popolari, gli inni sacri e i monumenti. Una delle scoperte di sant’ Ambrogio è appunto san Vittore, di cui egli parlò diffusamente nell’Explanatio evangelii secundum Lucam e nell’inno Victor, Nabor, Felix pii. L’altra fonte “storica” da cui apprendiamo la vita e soprattutto il martirio di san Vittore sono gli Atti, che risalgono al secolo VIII.
Vittore, Nabore e Felice erano tre soldati provenienti dalla Mauritania e di stanza a Milano. Costretti, come altri loro compagni nella milizia e nella fede, a fare una scelta tra l’imperatore e Dio, la loro scelta fu chiara e decisa, ma la sua obiezione di coscienza procurò a Vittore solo l’arresto e la cella di rigore. Dopo avergli fatto passare sei giorni senza mangiare e senza bere per fiaccarne la resistenza, venne trascinato nell’ippodromo del circo (presso l’attuale Porta Ticinese): nonostante l’interrogatorio venisse condotto dallo stesso Massimiano Erculeo e dal suo consigliere Anulino, Vittore rimase ben saldo nel suo rifiuto di sacrificare agli idoli, anche dopo una severa flagellazione. Riportato in carcere, là dove si trova ora Porta Romana, san Vittore venne ulteriormente tormentato: gli versarono piombo fuso nelle piaghe, ma la forte tempra del soldato africano non ne fu ancora fiaccata. Un giorno, anzi, approfittando di una disattenzione dei suoi carcerieri, riuscì ad evadere e a rifugiarsi in una stalla situata nei pressi di un teatro, là dove si trova attualmente Porta Vercellina. Ma ormai il suo peregrinare era terminato: scoperto, venne trascinato in un vicino bosco di olmi e decapitato. Il suo corpo rimase insepolto per una settimana, ma il vescovo san Materno lo ritrovò ancora intatto e fedelmente vegliato da due fiere. Gli venne quindi edificata una tomba sontuosa, accanto alla quale sant’ Ambrogio volle far seppellire suo fratello Satiro. San Vittore è uno dei santi più cari ai milanesi, che gli hanno edificato e intitolato chiese e monumenti, il più tristemente celebre dei quali è… il carcere di S. Vittore. Non per nulla egli è patrono di prigionieri ed esuli.

SOURCE : https://www.duomomilano.it/spire/s-vittore/?id_guglia=17

La cathédrale de Milan (en italien : duomo di Milano), officiellement la cathédrale métropolitaine de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge-Marie (cattedrale metropolitana della Natività della Beata Vergine Maria), piazza del DuomoMilanItalie.


SAN VITTORE MARTIRE

08 MaggioGuglia abside-G39

Santo Protettore: prigionieri ed esuli

Come per l’omonima Guglia di facciata, la G17, anche il San Vittore posto nella zona absidale incarna quel celebre soldato proveniente dalla Mauritania e diventato poi uno tra i martiri milanesi più conosciuti. Le notizie più antiche su di lui provengono da Sant’Ambrogio nell’Explanatio evangelii secundum Lucam e nell’Inno in onore e dei martiri vittore, Nabore e Felice, che morirono nella città di Lodi in difesa della fede. Negli Atti del VIII secolo, si racconta che Vittore si rifiutò di continuare a prestare servizio militare. Trascinato nell’ippodromo del Circo alla presenza di Massimiano Erculeo, rifiutò di tradire la fede nonostante le atrocità a cui fu sottoposto. Flagellato e incarcerato, dopo un’evasione quasi miracolosa, fu di nuovo catturato e infine decapitato. La statua di San Vittore Martire fu originariamente realizzata dallo scultore Grazioso Rusca tra il 1813 e il 1814. Dal gusto tipicamente ottocentesco, infatti, la statua appariva priva di qualsiasi elemento o particolare che la identificasse come San Vittore. Al contrario, il martire si presentava come una figura classicheggiante, esteticamente bella, proporzionata, armoniosa, come era consuetudine in quell’epoca. L’opera del Rusca è stata recentemente rimossa dalla Guglia per essere sostituita con una sua fedele riproduzione, opera di Nicola Gagliardi. Tuttavia, osservando oggi questa guglia, si può ben notare come il San Vittore in realtà non sia ancora stato posizionato. Questi sono i tempi del Duomo e del suo cantiere, un intreccio di ricerche, verifiche, opere di consolidamento, che a volte richiedono tempo, ma che sono necessari per poter far risplendere la Cattedrale della sua antica bellezza.

SOURCE : https://www.duomomilano.it/spire/san-vittore-martire/?id_guglia=39

San Vittore il Moro

Basilica di San Vittore ad Arcisate.


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