During the sixth and seventh centuries a purely legendary narrative of their martyrdom appeared which appears to be based upon other legends, especially on the legend of Potitus, and ornamented with accounts of fantastic miracles. According to this legend, Vitus was a 7-year-old son of a senator of Lucania (some versions make him 12 years old). He resisted his father's attempts, which included various forms of torture, to make him turn away from his faith. He fled with his tutor Modestus and Modestus's wife Crescentia, who was Vitus's nanny, to Lucania. He was taken from there to Rome to drive out a demon which had taken possession of a son of the Emperor Diocletian. He successfully performed the exorcism, but, because he stayed faithful to Christianity, he and his tutors were tortured. By a miracle an angel brought back the three to Lucania, where they died from the tortures they had endured. Three days later, Vitus appeared to a distinguished matron named Florentia, who then found the bodies and buried them where they lay.
During the sixth and seventh centuries a purely legendary narrative of their martyrdom appeared which appears to be based upon other legends especially on the legend of Potitus and ornamented with accounts of fantastic miracles According to this legend Vitus was a 7-year-old son of a senator of Lucania (some versions make him 12 years old) He resisted his father's attempts which included various forms of torture to make him turn away from his faith He fled with his tutor Modestus and Modestus's wife Crescentia who was Vitus's nanny to Lucania He was taken from there to Rome to drive out a demon which had taken possession of a son of the Emperor Diocletian He successfully performed the exorcism but because he stayed faithful to Christianity he and his tutors were tortured By a miracle an angel brought back the three to Lucania where they died from the tortures they had endured Three days later Vitus appeared to a distinguished matron named Florentia who then found the bodies and buried them where they lay