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San Vitores, the beheaded saint

Cerezo de Río Tirón, Montes de Oca, Burgos

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San Vitores, the beheaded saint

Curiosity · Cerezo de Río Tirón, Montes de Oca, Burgos

Image of Cerezo de Río Tirón, not of the place itself.

Tradition makes San Vitores a native of Cerezo and a presbyter of its early church, beheaded by the Muslims; his name later remained in streets, bridges and hermitages scattered throughout the valley of the Tirón.

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