Festival of St. Victor, Martyr | July 21

Who is Victor?
- From Marseilles, France.
- Martyred under Emperor Maximian in A.D. 303 for his exhortations to Christians to be firm in their faith.
- Dragged through the streets, racked, and imprisoned
- Converted three guards, Alexander, Felician, and Longinus while in prison.
- Tortured again for converting the guards (who were immediately beheaded)
- Refused to offer incense to a false idol, for which he was crushed in a millstone and beheaded.
- His tomb became one of the most popular pilgrimage centers in Gaul.
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