Vitus, St.

Vitus, St.

patron saint of actors. [Christian Hagiog.: Brewster, 291]

See: Acting

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Vitus, St.

patron saint of dancers. [Christian Hagiog: Saints and Festivals, 291]

See: Dance

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Vitus, St.

his chapel at Ulm famed for epileptic cures. [Christian Hagiog.: Brewster, 291]

See: Epilepsy

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Vitus, St.

invoked against epilepsy and chorea (St. Vitus’s dance). [Christian Hagiog.: Attwater, 338]

See: Medicine

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