Saints Vitus and Modestus - martyrs under Diocletian. St. Vitus is counted as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers of medieval Roman Catholicism. He is patron of actors; comedians; Czechoslovakia; dancers; dogs; epilepsy; Mazara del Vallo, Sicily; Forio, Ischia; oversleeping; Prague, Czech Republic; rheumatic chorea (Saint Vitus Dance); Rijeka, Croatia; Serbia; snake bites; storms; Vacha, Germany; Zeven, Lower Saxony; Het Gooi, and the Netherlands.