Saint Eustace of Vilna was a young nobleman and chamberlain of the court of Duke Olgierd. He was a fire worshipper but converted to Christianity. He was martyred, by crucifixion on a tree on December 13, 1342 in Vilna, Lithuania for refusing to eat meat on a day of abstinence. The relics of his head are in the cathedral of Vilna. He is the patron of his home city of Vilna.
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