Saint Vitus

Connected Sites: 4

Definition
Saint Vitus, according to Christian legend, was a Christian saint from Sicily. He died as a martyr during the persecution of Christians by co-ruling Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian in 303. The cult of St. Vitus became very popular in Slavic lands. (wiki)

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Connected Sites

  • Cesky Krumlov
    Cesky Krumlov
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.96
    274
    17
    St. Vitus Church
    See www.encyklopedie.ckrumlov.cz
  • Val d'Orcia
    Val d'Orcia
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.23
    200
    11
    "The Pieve di Corsignano is a (...) rural parish church (...) within the town limits of Pienza, (...) dedicated in the honor of Saints Vito and Modesto."
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Prague
    Prague
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 1992
    4.28
    588
    16
    His cult grew in Prague, Bohemia when, in 925 A.D., king Henry I of Germany presented as a gift the bones of one hand of St. Vitus to Wenceslaus, Duke of Bohemia. This relic is since then a sacred treasure in the St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague. (wiki)
  • Corvey
    Corvey
    Germany
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.30
    166
    7
    In 756 AD, it is said that the relics of St. Vitus were brought to the monastery of St-Denis by Abbot Fulrad. They were later presented to Abbot Warin of Corvey in Germany, who solemnly transferred some of them to this abbey in 836. From Corvey the veneration of St Vitus spread throughout Westphalia and in the districts of eastern and northern Germany. (wiki)