Meaning Vitus
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Vitus


from Latinized form of Svanto-vit, name of a Slavic god worshiped with ecstatic dances on the Baltic island of Rügen, transferred by Christian missionaries to Saint Vitus. The Italian form of the name [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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

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N C rim
Source: latin-dictionary.org

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St. Vitus’s dance, once widely prevalent in Germany and the Low Countries, was a “dancing mania.” So called from the supposed power of St. Vitus over nervous and hysterical [..]
Source: bartleby.com

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Roman name that was derived from Latin vita "life". Saint Vitus was a child martyred in Sicily in the early 4th century. From an early date this name was confused with the Germanic n [..]
Source: behindthename.com





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