Victor and Corona
Patronage | Feltre; Castelfidardo; Corona is invoked in connection with causes involving money, such as gambling or treasure hunting. |
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Saints Victor and Corona (also known as Saints Victor and Stephanie) are two
Legend
Their legend states that Victor was a
While he was suffering from the tortures, the sixteen-year-old wife of another soldier, named Corona or Stephanie (or Stefania or Stephana, from Greek
There is also debate as to where Corona was from; differing accounts place her in Syria, Sicily, and Marseille.[7]
Veneration
Victor and Corona's memorial day is 24 November (11 November in the
Corona is especially venerated in Austria and eastern Bavaria. There is a chapel dedicated to her in Sauerlach, near Munich.[7] There are two churches named after her in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Passau and two towns named after her in Lower Austria.[7] A statue of her stands in the Münster Cathedral.[7]
Around 1000 AD
Corona is the patroness of causes involving money, such as gambling and treasure hunting, a result of a later treasure hunter who credited his success to invoking her.[5][8][9] She is called upon by a treasure hunter to bring treasure, and then sent away through a similarly elaborate ritual.[10] She was not historically a patron saint of or invoked against pandemics or disease, but has been invoked against the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][9] Her relics will be available for public veneration once the pandemic has passed.[9][11]
References
- ^ "Santi Vittore e Corona su santiebeati.it". Santiebeati.it (in Italian). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Victor and Stephanie". www.goarch.org. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ Acta sanctorum: Ed. novissima (1866), vol. 16, p. 265
- ^ Le martyrologe d'Usuard (1867), p. 270
- ^ a b c Emily McFarlan Miller, Is St. Corona the patron saint of pandemics?, March 23, 2020, National Catholic Reporter
- ^ Rabenstein, Katherine I. (1998). "Saint of the Day - May 14". St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Pandemic casts spotlight on a nearly forgotten martyr: St. Corona". Diocese of Raleigh. 31 March 2020.
- ^ Catholic Online. "Popular Saints - Saints & Angels". Catholic Online. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ a b c Jean Hopfensperger, Seeking hope during the pandemic, some turn to little-known St. Corona, March 22, 2020, Minneapolis Star Tribune
- ISBN 978-0230000049.
- ^ "German cathedral dusts off relics of St Corona, patron of epidemics". Reuters. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
External links
- Media related to Victor of Damask at Wikimedia Commons
- Media related to Saint Corona at Wikimedia Commons
- St. Victor of Damascus at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
- Selected Lives of Saints of November and December
- (in Italian) Santi Corona e Vittore.
- (in Italian) Basilica Santuario dei Santi Vittore e Corona.