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Viktor of Xanten
Germanic saint
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 10 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
300
Died
400
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the village of Birten, also in the territory of Cologne, Saints Viktor and Mallosus, martyrs.
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 10 October as a martyr at Birten near Cologne.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 10 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q651226 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Viktor of Xanten (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.