Vitus
According to the legend, martyrs under Diocletian;
From Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913, “Sts. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia”
Patronages
According to Catholic tradition, as recorded in the sources cited for each patronage:
Actors
Recorded as patron of actors in:
- Drake, Saints and Their Emblems, 1916, PATRONS OF ARTS, TRADES AND PROFESSIONS
Comedians
Recorded as patron of comedians in:
Corvey
Recorded as patron of Corvey in:
- Husenbeth, Emblems of Saints, 1882, PATRONS OF COUNTRIES AND CITIES.
Also recorded as patron:
Sicily
Recorded as patron of Sicily in:
- Husenbeth, Emblems of Saints, 1882, PATRONS OF COUNTRIES AND CITIES.
Also recorded as patron:
Feast day
- June 15 · Traditional date, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
From Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913, “Sts. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia”
feast, 15 June.
The earliest testimony for their veneration is offered by the "Martyrologium Hieronymianum" (ed. De Rossi-Duchesne, 78: "In Sicilia, Viti, Modesti et Crescentiae").
The fact that the note is in the three most important manuscripts proves that it was also in the common exemplar of these, which appeared in the fifth century.
The same Martyrologium has under the same day another Vitus at the head of a list of nine martyrs, with the statement of the place, "In Lucania", that is, in the Roman province of that name in Southern Italy between the Tuscan Sea and the Gulf of Taranto.
It is easily possible that the same martyr Vitus in both cases, because only the name of a territory is given, not of a city, as the place where the martyr was venerated.
Works of art
