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Abbey of St Victor. Victor and the three other Roman soldiers he converted – Longinus, Alexander and Felician – were killed near the end of the 3rd century. In the 4th century, John Cassian built a monastery over the site where their bodies had been buried in a cave, which later became a Benedictine abbey and minor basilica.
He returned to St. Victor's in May 1367, and held a consistory in the abbey. The abbey began to decline after this, especially from the early 16th century, when commendatory abbots acquired authority. The loss of the important library of the Abbey of Saint-Victor, undocumented as it is, can probably be ascribed to the abuses of the commendatory ...
From north to south the figures are St. Stephan, Charles Borromeo, St. Mauritius, St. Verena, St. Victor, St. Ursus, St. Regula, St. Felix, St. Beatus and Niklaus von Flue. In the center is a coat of arms flanked by figures that represent religion and fortitude. The relief on the right shows Saints Ursus and Victor refusing to worship idols.
The parish was founded in 1906. [2] It has served many different parishioners: oilmen and railway workers, film industry figures, post-World War II families, gay men, etc. [2] From 1992 to 1994, Archbishop George Hugh Niederauer lived in the church. [3]
Xanten Cathedral (German: Xantener Dom), sometimes called St. Victor's Cathedral (German: St.-Viktor-Dom), is a Catholic church situated in Xanten, a historic town in the lower Rhine area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is considered the biggest cathedral between Cologne and the sea. In 1936 it was declared a minor basilica by Pope Pius XI ...
Adam of Saint Victor was born in the late eleventh century; the musicologist Gustave Reese estimated c. 1068. [3] He was most likely born in Paris, where he was educated. The first reference to him dates from 1098, in the archives of Notre Dame Cathedral, where he held office first as a subdeacon and later as a precento
St. Anthony's Church [1] also known more formally as Church of St. Anthony and St.Victor, [2] is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church in the town of Tamuning [3] in Guam, [4] a dependency of the United States in the Pacific Ocean. The church follows the Roman or Latin rite.
Saint Victor may refer to: Saint Victor of Damascus, martyr, 2nd century, see Saints Victor and Corona (died c. 170) Saint Pope Victor I (died 199), martyr; Saint Victor of Marseilles (died c. 290) Saint Victor Maurus (died ca. 303 in Milan), martyr; Saint Victorinus of Pettau (died 303 or 304) Saints Vincent, Orontius, and Victor (died 305 ...