Feastday: January 12
Death: 560
Abbot. A native of Italy, he went to France, where he founded the monastery of Asan in the Pyrenees, which afterward was called San Victorian. Victorian was praised in the writings of Venantius Fortunatus.
Saint Victorian of Asan (Spanish: San Vitorián de Asan, in Aragonese San Beturián) (died ca. 560 AD) was a Spanish saint. A native of Italy, he founded monasteries and hospices there before settling briefly in France.
He became the founder and abbot of the monastery of Asan (now called San Vitorián). Asan was situated in the Aragonese Pyrenees, in the diocese of Barbastro.
He died of natural causes.
He is mentioned by Venantius Fortunatus.
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