Victorinus of Pettau
Also: Victorinus of Poetovio, Victorinus Petavionensis
Born: the year and the place are not known. Died probably between 303 and 304; the place is not known.
Bishop of Poetovio on the river Drava. He wrote the first Bible commentaries in Latin; only the one on Revelation survives whole.
Wrote in Latin. A major author.
Places lived
- 270 to 304Poetovio (now Ptuj, Slovenia)bishopyears not sureThe first year is a guess. Only the end is dated.
Works
1 work, in the order they were written. 1 work can be read here.
- Commentary on the ApocalypseThe oldest Latin commentary on the Book of Revelation.16,785 words
How we know the dates and places
- Born not known
- No ancient source gives a year.
- Place of birth not known
- No ancient source names a place.
- Died probable
- Jerome, On Illustrious Men 74 (he died a martyr); scholars put it in the persecution of Diocletian
- Place of death not known
- No ancient source names a place.
- Poetovio, years not sure
- Jerome, On Illustrious Men 74
- Poetovio, place sure
- Jerome, On Illustrious Men 74