Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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Vitalis

Gender
Male
Floruit (period)
Early Christian
Floruit date range
? - ?
Description
A martyr who died in Bologna in the 3rd century.The most famous church dedicated to Vitalis is the octagonal San Vitale at Ravenna, the place of his martyrdom, built in the years 541-46 and dedicated in 547. ODS, 527--8.
Categories
major type minor type confidence notes
None Martyr 100 None
ethnicity
ethnicity description confidence notes
no ethnicity available
feast days
month day fixed? description notes
4 28 yes St Vitalis, Martyr None
symbolic attributes
attribute notes
no attributes given
specialist associations
association notes
no specialist associations