St. Vitalis Reliquary

Church of St. Rupert, Vienna, Austria

St. Vitalis is said to have been martyred under Nero in the first century. According to the church's guide book by Franz Zehetner, "The relics were a gift to the church from Empress Maria Theresa in the year 1765, and are the remains of a martyr from the Roman catacombs."

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