Saint Victor of Marseilles was an Egyptian Christian martyr. He was a Roman army officer in Marseille, who publicly denounced the worship of idols.
Due to denouncing the worship of idols, he was brought before the Roman prefects, Asterius and Eutychius, who later sent him to the Emperor Maximian. He was then racked, beaten, dragged through the streets, and thrown into prison, where he converted three other Roman soldiers, Longinus, Alexander, and Felician, who were subsequently beheaded.
After refusing to offer incense to a statue of the Roman god Jupiter, Victor kicked it over with his foot. The emperor ordered that he be put to death by being ground under a millstone, but the millstone broke while Victor was still alive. He was then beheaded.
Saint Victor’s feast day, along with Saints Longinus, Alexander and Felician, is celebrated on July 21. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
