St. Vitalis is an early Christian martyr, his feast day is 28 April, but the date of his martyrdom is uncertain. Some sources refer it to the time of Nero, but others say that he suffered during the persecutions of Marcus Aurelius in 171. The legend says that St. Vitalis suffered his martyrdom for having encouraged St. Ursicinus, who was wavering at the prospect of death, and for having given burial to his remains. St. Vitalis was racked and then buried alive. He was the husband of St. Valeria who was martyred at Milan, and father of the more famous Sts. Gervasius and Protasius. There are a number of churches devoted to him in Italy.
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