The Month of November is Black Catholic History Month, where we celebrate the lives of not only Saints and Holy People of God who are of African, African-American, but also non African Descent, who have played a major role in furthering the Gospel Message in the United States and beyond.
St. Victor the Moor
Feastday: May 8
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Martyr, also listed as Victor Maurus. Ile was labeled "the Moor" because he came from Mauretania, Africa. He was a member of the praetorian guard when a young man. He was in his old age when he was tortured and then beheaded at Milan, Italy, during the persecutions of co-Emperor Maximian.
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Qorban Ministries, Evangelist Richard Lane
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