vitus

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A male given name

{i} (Latin) first name that means "lively"; St. Vitus, Christian Sicilian martyr (died in the year 303) who was helper and supporter of those who suffer from epilepsy and nervous disorders

Christian martyr and patron of those who suffer from epilepsy and Sydenham's chorea (died around 300)

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Vitus Bering

{i} (1681-1741) Danish-born explorer and navigator who enlisted in the Russian navy and explored the north Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait, the first person to map the west coast of Alaska

Vitus Bering

born 1681, Horsens, Den. died Dec. 19, 1741, Bering Island, near the Kamchatka Peninsula Danish-born Russian navigator. He joined the fleet of the Russian tsar Peter I and in 1724 was appointed leader of an expedition to determine whether Asia and North America were connected by land. In 1728 he set sail from the Kamchatka Peninsula of Siberia and passed through what would later be named the Bering Strait. His plan for a second expedition was expanded into Russia's Great Northern Expedition (1733-43), which mapped much of the Arctic coast of Siberia. After exploring the Alaskan coast, he fell ill from scurvy and died after his ship was wrecked. His exploration paved the way for a Russian foothold in North America

Vitus Jonassen Bering

born 1681, Horsens, Den. died Dec. 19, 1741, Bering Island, near the Kamchatka Peninsula Danish-born Russian navigator. He joined the fleet of the Russian tsar Peter I and in 1724 was appointed leader of an expedition to determine whether Asia and North America were connected by land. In 1728 he set sail from the Kamchatka Peninsula of Siberia and passed through what would later be named the Bering Strait. His plan for a second expedition was expanded into Russia's Great Northern Expedition (1733-43), which mapped much of the Arctic coast of Siberia. After exploring the Alaskan coast, he fell ill from scurvy and died after his ship was wrecked. His exploration paved the way for a Russian foothold in North America

St. Vitus' dance

Sydenham’s chorea

St. Vitus's dance

severe disease of the central nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular spasms of the face and extremities (also also as Sydenham's chorea)

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Vi·tus

Etimoloji

() Name of an early martyr, Late Latin Vitus, of uncertain origin; possibly from a Thracian word meaning "a person from Bithynia". By folk etymology associated with Latin vita (“life”). * Vitus has also been used as a latinization of Guy.