Viktor of Xanten
Viktor of Xanten or Saint Viktor is a martyr and saint of the Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Church. Since the 12th century, his presumed bones have been kept in a shrine, which is embedded into the high altar of the Xanten Cathedral today. His feast day is October 10.
Tradition states that Viktor was a Praefectus cohortis of a Cohort of the Theban Legion. He was closely associated with Ursus of Solothurn, and is said to have been a relative of Saint Verena. He was executed in the 4th century in the amphitheater of Castra Vetera for refusing to sacrifice to the Roman gods.
