Saint Vitalis
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Saint Vitalis may refer to:
The following Italian saints:
The following other saints:
San Vitale, the Italian name for Saint Vitalis, is also used to refer to churches devoted to one of them, notably the following famous ones:
The following are locations named San Vitale that are not churches:
The following Italian saints:
- Saint Vitalis of Milan, early Christian martyr
- Saint Vitalis, martyred in 250 under the persecution of DeciusDeciusTrajan Decius , was Roman Emperor from 249 to 251. In the last year of his reign, he co-ruled with his son Herennius Etruscus until they were both killed in the Battle of Abrittus.-Early life and rise to power:...
, whose feast date is January 9 - Saint VitalisSaints Vitalis and AgricolaSaints Vitalis and Agricola are venerated as martyrs, who are considered to have died at Bologna about 304, during the persecution ordered by Roman Emperor Diocletian.-Legend:...
, martyr at Bologna with Saint Agricola under Emperor Diocletian - Saint Vitalis of Assisi (1295—1370), Italian hermit and monk
The following other saints:
- Saint Vitalis of Gaza
- Saint Vitalis of SavignySaint Vitalis of SavignySaint Vitalis of Savigny was the canonized founder of Savigny Abbey and the Congregation of Savigny .-Life:...
San Vitale, the Italian name for Saint Vitalis, is also used to refer to churches devoted to one of them, notably the following famous ones:
- Basilica of San Vitale (Rome)
- Basilica of San VitaleBasilica of San VitaleThe Church of San Vitale — styled an "ecclesiastical basilica" in the Roman Catholic Church, though it is not of architectural basilica form — is a church in Ravenna, Italy, one of the most important examples of early Christian Byzantine Art and architecture in western Europe...
(Ravenna)
The following are locations named San Vitale that are not churches:
- San Vitale (Assisi)San Vitale (Assisi)San Vitale is a frazione of the comune of Assisi in the Province of Perugia, Umbria, central Italy. It stands at an elevation of 372 metres above sea level. At the time of the Istat census of 2001 it had 494 inhabitants,...