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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 give aid in times of trouble.

  3. St. Vitus Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    The current cathedral is the third of a series of religious buildings at the site, all dedicated to St. Vitus. The first church was an early Romanesque rotunda founded by Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia in 930. This patron saint was chosen because Wenceslaus had acquired a holy relic – the arm of St. Vitus – from Emperor Henry I.

  4. 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.

  5. Vitus - Wikipedia

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    Saint Vitus (c. 290 – c. 303), a Christian martyr; Vitus Amerbach (1503–1557), German theologian, scholar and humanist; Vitus Ashaba (1943–1985), Ugandan middle-distance runner; Vitus Bering (1617–1675), Danish poet and historian; Vitus Bering (1681–1741), Danish-born Russian navigator; Vitus Eicher (born 1990), German football player

  6. Adalbert of Prague - Wikipedia

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    A few years after his martyrdom, Adalbert was canonized as Saint Adalbert of Prague. His life was written in Vita Sancti Adalberti Pragensis by various authors, the earliest being traced to imperial Aachen and the Bishop of Liège , Notger von Lüttich , although it was previously assumed that the Roman monk John Canaparius wrote the first Vita ...

  7. John of Nepomuk - Wikipedia

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    His tomb, a Baroque monument cast in silver and silver-gilt that was designed by Josef Emanuel Fischer of Erlach, stands in St Vitus Cathedral, Prague. He has been common baptismal saint in Czech lands, his name bore among other saint John Nepomucene Neumann. St. John of Nepomuk's Tomb in St Vitus Cathedral, Prague

  8. List of Catholic saints - Wikipedia

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    Patron saint of the homeless, blessed by St. Francis of Assisi, associated with the Third Order of St. Francis, first saint associated with roses through the miracle of the roses Elizabeth of Portugal: c. 1271: 4 July 1336: 1625 25 May by Pope Urban VIII: Elizabeth of the Trinity: 18 July 1880: 9 November 1906: 16 October 2016 by Pope Francis ...

  9. Vidovdan - Wikipedia

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    ' Saint Vitus Day ') is a Serbian national and religious holiday, a slava celebrated on 28 June (Gregorian calendar), or 15 June according to the Julian calendar. The Serbian Church designates it as the memorial day to Saint Prince Lazar and the Serbian holy martyrs who fell during the Battle of Kosovo against the Ottoman Empire on 15 June 1389 ...