Victorinus of Pettau

• He was bishop of Pettau in Syria.
• The earliest exegete of the Latin Church.
• St. Jerome says that he was not equally as familiar with Latin as with Greek, but this does not necessarily imply that he was Greek by birth.
• St. Jerome also considered him to be affected by the opinions of the Chiliasts or Millenarians, and borrowed extensively from Origen.
• He was killed in the Diocletian persecution, most probably in 304.

1. The Commentary on the Apocalypse: It testifies to the chiliastic view of its author. 2. De fabrica mundi: In this work, Victorinus’ chiliastic tendency again appears clear. 3. Against All Heresies: This work is identical with the pamphlet of the same name appended to Tertullian’s Prescription of Heretics which is believed to have been translated by Victorinus. 4. Commentaries on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Habbakuk, Ecclesiastes, Canticle of Canticles,and Matthew.