Milano. San 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..
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
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.
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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.
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
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,
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 Valence, Enrique
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/
Jacopo, Gentile e Giovanni Bellini, Polittico della Natività / Triptych of birth of Christ, da Santa Maria della Carità, 1464-1470 ca., tempera on panel, Gallerie dell'Accademi, MIBAC
Jacopo, Gentile e Giovanni Bellini, Polittico della Natività / Triptych of birth of Christ, da Santa Maria della Carità, 1464-1470 ca., tempera on panel, Gallerie dell'Accademi, MIBAC
Also
known as
Victor of Milan
Victor the Moor
Viktor
Vittore
Vittorio
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 Milan, Italy in
the persecutions of Maximian.
He was tortured for
his faith,
basted in molten lead, and killed. Martyr. Saint Gregory
of Tours wrote of miracles that
occurred at Victor’s grave.
Born
3rd century in
Mauretania, Africa
a church was later
erected over the grave
relics translated
in 1576 to
an Olivetan church dedicated to him in Milan
—
in Italy
San
Vittore, Salsomaggiore Terme
–
in Switzerland
man being thrown into
a furnace
Moorish soldier trampling
on a broken pagan altar
Additional
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of Saints, by the Monks of
Ramsgate
Lives
of the Saints, by Father Alban
Butler
Roman
Martyrology, 1914 edition
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of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein
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Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
Sacred
and Legendary Art, by Anna Jameson
Saints
and Their Attributes, by Helen Roeder
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Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición
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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/
Adriaen van Overbeke (–1529), The
martyrdom of St Victor, 1523, oil on panel,
St.-Victor-
church
Book of Saints –
Victor – 8 May
(Saint) Martyr (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 Saints, 1921. 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/
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.
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
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
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
Estatua
en la iglesia de San Víctor, Esino Lario, Italia
Statue
in Saint Victor church, Esino Lario, Italy
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
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.
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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 Duomo, Milan, Italie.
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 Duomo, Milan, Italie.
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/
Cosimo Daddi, San 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
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 Duomo, Milan, Italie.
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 Duomo, Milan, Italie.
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
Basilica
di San Vittore ad Arcisate.
Victor 'Maurus'/the
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University of Oxford : http://csla.history.ox.ac.uk/record.php?recid=S00312
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Gregory. "The Relics of St Victor Maurus in Milan", New Liturgical
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St. Victor the Moor :
https://www.christianiconography.info/victorMoor.html
Gregory DiPippo, «The
Basilica of St Victor in Milan », New Liturgical Movement, Sacred Liturgy
and Liturgical Arts : https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2019/05/the-basilica-of-st-victor-in-milan.html
