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  2. Saint Vitus - Wikipedia

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    In Croatia, 123 churches are dedicated to St. Vitus. In the Netherlands, Vitus is the patron saint of Winschoten, as well as of the region of the Gooi, where in each of the three largest towns (Hilversum, Bussum and Naarden), the main Catholic Church is dedicated to St Vitus. Vitus is one of the Fourteen Martyrs who

  3. Fourteen Holy Helpers - Wikipedia

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    Saint Denis was prayed to for relief from headache, Saint Blaise against ills of the throat, Saint Elmo, against abdominal maladies, Saint Barbara against fever, and Saint Vitus against epilepsy. Saint Pantaleon was the patron of physicians, Saint Cyriacus invoked against temptation on the deathbed, and Saints Christopher, Barbara, and ...

  4. St. Vitus Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    By the time of St. Wenceslaus jubilee in 1929, the St. Vitus cathedral was finally finished, nearly 600 years after it was begun. Despite the fact that the entire western half of the cathedral is a Neo-Gothic addition, much of the design and elements developed by Peter Parler were used in the restoration, giving the cathedral as a whole a ...

  5. Portal:Catholic Church/Patron Archive/June 15 - Wikipedia

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    This dancing became popular and the name "Saint Vitus Dance" was given to the neurological disorder Sydenham's chorea. It also led to Vitus being considered the patron saint of dancers and of entertainers in general. He is also said to protect against lightning strikes, animal attacks and oversleeping. His feast day is celebrated on 15 June.

  6. Rijeka Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    The St. Vitus Cathedral (Croatian: Katedrala Svetog Vida, Italian: Cattedrale di San Vito) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Rijeka, Croatia. In the Middle Ages, the Church of St. Vitus was a small and one-sided, Romanesque church dedicated to the patron saint and protector of Rijeka. It had a semi-circular apse behind the altar, and covered porch.

  7. List of cathedrals in the Czech Republic - Wikipedia

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    The following are Latin Church cathedrals and co-cathedrals of the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic: [1] Ecclesiastical province of Bohemia. St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague (Archdiocese of Prague) St. Nicholas Cathedral in České Budějovice (Diocese of České Budějovice) Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Hradec Králové (Diocese of Hradec ...

  8. St. Vitus's Church, Cleveland - Wikipedia

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    St. Vitus is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, in the Diocese of Cleveland. The parish church , located at 6019 Lausche Avenue in the St. Clair-Superior neighborhood, was completed in 1932.

  9. Church of St. Vitus (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    St. Vitus's Church Complex was a former late-nineteenth-century Roman Catholic church located in Pilsen, Chicago, Illinois, at 1814 South Paulina Street, and corner of 18th Street. The church itself was closed in 1990 and the rectory and remaining space adaptively reused as the Guadalupano Family Center, a daycare and cultural center thereafter.