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Víctor de Cerezo
SaintEmirate of CórdobaPre-congregation
Feast: 26 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
800
Died
850
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Victor of Cerezo, or Vitores, was a Castilian priest and anchorite who died during a Muslim raid. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.
Summary translated from the Catalan Wikipedia article Víctor de Cerezo (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Archdiocese of Burgos — San Vitores, mártir — The 9th-century martyr of Cerezo de Río Tirón; his relics are venerated at the convent of San Vítores at Fresno de Río Tirón and his feast is 26 August — the date given.
- Wikidata Q9094547 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.