Saint Victor Maurus of Milan – 8 May – Saint Of The Day
Saint Victor Maurus of Milan. A Mauritanian early Christian and a 25 years old martyr. A soldier and a patron saint of prisoners and exiles..
Victor Maurus (3rd century, Mauritania – 303, Milan) was a native of Mauritania and a Christian martyr. He was a soldier in the Roman Praetorian Guard under the command of Maximian and refused to continue his military service.
His zeal for Christ became known to Maximian after Victor had destroyed a pagan altar to a Roman god. Brought before the angry emperor, Victor confessed his life long love of Jesus Christ that he would not deny. He refused to betray his beliefs despite the torture to which he was subjected. Beaten and imprisoned, he was captured again after a near-miraculous escape. He was dragged into a nearby elm forest and beheaded. Victor was 25 years old.
Iconology – a man being thrown into a furnace, a man roasted in an oven, a soldier trampling on a broken altar.
