Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun vitus

1 sense of vitus

Sense 1
Vitus, St. Vitus -- (Christian martyr and patron of those who suffer from epilepsy and Sydenham's chorea (died around 300))
       INSTANCE OF=> martyr -- (one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion)
       INSTANCE OF=> saint -- (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)