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Victor of Marseilles
Gallo-Roman saint
SaintResearchedAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 21 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
300
Died
290
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Marseille in Provence in France, Saint Victor, martyr.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 21 July as a martyr of Marseille.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 21 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1374522 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Victor of Marseilles (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.