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Vitus

DEFINITIONS OF: Vitus

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n Christian martyr and patron of those who suffer from epilepsy and Sydenham's chorea (died around 300)

Synonyms:
St. Vitus
Example of:
martyr
one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
saint
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
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