Victor of Damask
ancient Christian martyr
Feast: 11 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saints Victor and Corona (also known as Saints Victor and Stephanie) are two Christian martyrs. Victor was a Roman soldier who was tortured and killed; Corona was killed for comforting him. Corona is invoked as a patron of causes involving money; she was not historically associated with pandemics or disease, but has been invoked against the coronavirus pandemic.
Summary of the Wikipedia article Victor and Corona, which covers Victor of Damask with others (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
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Connected on this site
- Corona Saint Spouse
- Nominis — Saints Victor de Damas et Couronne, martyrs en Syrie (IIe siècle) — SS Victor and Corona, in the Roman Martyrology on 14 May / 11 November; the page's 11 November feast matches the Western date.
- Wikidata Q2522667 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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