Victorinus by Poetovio
Victorinus von Poetovio or Victorinus von Pettau († 304 ) was bishop of Poetovio (Eng. Pettau, today Ptuj in Slovenia ) on the Drava . He is the author of the oldest surviving Latin Bible commentary , in which he Book of Revelation interpreted .
Little is known about his life, but Jerome mentions him. Possibly he came from the Greek-speaking part of the Roman Empire . Victorinus is considered the first ecclesiastical writer from the Balkan and Danube provinces and the earliest Latin biblical exegete . Little has been preserved from his presumably extensive literature.
Victorinus was critical of the Roman state power. He turned against heresies, but tended to chiliasm himself .
Victorinus was murdered during the Diocletian persecution and is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church . The day of remembrance is on November 2nd in both the Orthodox and Catholic Churches (in the Graz-Seckau diocese on November 3rd).
Works
- De Fabrica Mundi
- In Apocalysin (also: Scholia in Apocalypsin Beati Ioannis )
- Victorini Episcopi Petavionensis Opera . Edited by Johannes Hausleitner. Tempsky, Vindobonae 1916. (CSEL 49.)
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Viktorin (Bishop of Pettau) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 50th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1884, p. 295 ( digitized version ).
- FF Bruce: The Earliest Latin Commentary on the Apocalypse. In: The Evangelical Quarterly 10.4 (Oct. 1938). Pp. 352-366 ( PDF ).
- Martine Dulaey: Victorin de Poetovio: premier exégète latin. Institut d'Etudes Augustiniennes, Paris 1994. ISBN 2-204-05738-X
- Martine Dulaey: Viktorin von Pettau . In: Theological Real Encyclopedia . tape 35 . Berlin 2003, p. 97-99 .
- August Oxé : Victorini versus de lege domini. An unedited Cento from the Carmen adversus Marcionitas. Program of the Krefeld grammar school, Krefeld 1894.
- Gerhard Waldherr : Victorinus of Poetovio. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 12, Bautz, Herzberg 1997, ISBN 3-88309-068-9 , Sp. 1355-1358.
Web links
- Victorinus von Pettau in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
- German translation of Victorinus' Commentary on the Apocalypse ( PDF ; 122 kB)
- English translation of Victorinus' Commentary on the Apocalypse ( MS Word ; 122 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Victorinus by Poetovio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Victorinus Poetovionensis; Victorinus von Pettau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Poetovio and martyr |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 304 |
| Place of death | Ptuj |