Victorinus of Pettau

Victorinus of Pettau was a bishop in Pannonia and the earliest known Latin biblical commentator. His Commentary on the Apocalypse, the oldest surviving Latin commentary on Revelation, was later revised by Jerome, who removed its millenarian elements; the unrevised text survives in a single manuscript. He died a martyr in the persecution of Diocletian.

Dates

d. 304 (approximate)

See or city

Poetovio

Region

Pannonia

Also known as

Victorinus of Poetovio

Notes

Bishop of Poetovio (modern Ptuj, Slovenia); Jerome (Vir. ill. 74) says he wrote in Latin but knew Greek poorly, and lists his exegetical works. Jerome names him a martyr under Diocletian (304).

Works

• Commentary on the ApocalypseCommentarii in Apocalypsin · late 3rd century · CPL 80 (not yet checked)
• On the Making of the WorldDe fabrica mundi · late 3rd century · CPL 81 (not yet checked)