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Definition of St. Vitus
1. Noun. Christian martyr and patron of those who suffer from epilepsy and Sydenham's chorea (died around 300).
Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Vitus
Literary usage of St. Vitus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In the eighth century it is said that relics of St. Vitus were brought to ...
From Corvey the veneration of St. Vitus spread throughout Westphalia and in ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"His festival is celebrated on the isth of June. The Passion of St Vitus has no
historical value, but his name occurs ¡n the Martyrologium ..."
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