Who is this Saint?

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I was watching Life On The Rock last night, with Matthew Fradd speaking. He mentioned a Saint who would go see a different prostitute each week to share the Gospel. Eventually he was killed by a Christian who thought he was seeing the prostitute for a different reason…

Does anyone know the name of that Saint? Thanks!
 
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I was watching Life On The Rock last night, with Matthew Fradd speaking. He mentioned a Saint who would go see a different prostitute each week to share the Gospel. Eventually he was killed by a Christian who thought he was seeing the prostitute for a different reason…

Does anyone know the name of that Saint? Thanks!
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Check with EWTN. They can tell you.
 
FOUND IT! 🙂 Thanks so much for that link, asia53. I didn’t realise the episodes were online. It was Saint Vitalis of Gaza.

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Saint Vitalis of Gaza (died ca. 625 AD) is venerated as a hermit-saint by the Catholic Church. A monk of Gaza, he travelled to the city of Alexandria at the age of sixty. His legend states that after obtaining the name and address of every prostitute in the city, he hired himself out as a day laborer, and took his wage to one of these women at the end of the day. He then would teach her about her dignity and value as a woman and that she did not deserve to be used by men as an object of their lust.
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This practice was condoned by the Church, and many prostitutes in the city abandoned their profession and became good wives and mothers. Vitalis was killed when a man, misunderstanding the nature of Vitalis’ visit to a brothel, struck him on the head. The monk managed to return to his hut and died there.
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Hailz said:
FOUND IT! 🙂 Thanks so much for that link, asia53. I didn’t realise the episodes were online. It was Saint Vitalis of Gaza.

From Wikipedia…
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You are most welcome. I’m going to watch it later myself, sounds like a good one.
 
Thanks for making it possible for me to know about this saint.
 
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