WRITER

Victorinus of Pettau

250 - 303

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Saint Victorinus of Pettau (also Ptuj or Poetovio; Greek: Βικτωρίνος Πεταβίου; died 303 or 304) was an Early Christian ecclesiastical writer who flourished about 270, and who was martyred during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian. A Bishop of Poetovio (modern Ptuj in Slovenia; German: Pettau) in Pannonia, Victorinus is also known as Victorinus Petavionensis or Poetovionensis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victorinus of Pettau has received more than 119,538 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Victorinus of Pettau is the 2,305th most popular writer (down from 2,200th in 2019), the 448th most popular biography from Greece (down from 429th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Greek Writer.

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Notable Works

Commentary On The Apocalypse Of The Blessed John
Sur l'Apocalypse ;
Bible -- N.T. -- Revelation -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Early works to 1800.

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Victorinus of Pettau ranks 2,305 out of 7,302Before him are Drago Jančar, Pascal Quignard, Mouloud Feraoun, Stefan Żeromski, Edward FitzGerald, and Claudine Guérin de Tencin. After him are Samael Aun Weor, Jaggi Vasudev, Mircea Cărtărescu, Indro Montanelli, August Derleth, and Uladzimir Karatkievich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 250, Victorinus of Pettau ranks 34Before him are Emerentiana, Macrianus Minor, Laelianus, Polyeuctus, Zosimos of Panopolis, and Gaius Julius Priscus. After him are Regalianus, Alexander of Constantinople, Censorinus, Micheon of Goguryeo, Magnia Urbica, and Balista. Among people deceased in 303, Victorinus of Pettau ranks 15Before him are Saint Chrysogonus, Fermin, Procopius of Scythopolis, Cassian of Imola, Victor Maurus, and Agathius. After him are Saint Faith, Romanus of Caesarea, Lu Ji, Alexander of Bergamo, and Genesius of Rome.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Victorinus of Pettau ranks 448 out of 1,024Before him are Agoracritus (-500), Pavlos Kountouriotis (1855), Eucleidas (-201), Phylarchus (-255), Dimitar Blagoev (1856), and Glaucias of Taulantii (-335). After him are Achilles Painter (-470), Nikolaos Plastiras (1883), Metrodorus of Chios (-500), John Aniston (1933), Michael Glykas (1125), and Diocles (-240).

Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Victorinus of Pettau ranks 55Before him are Theodorus Gaza (1398), Telesilla (-500), Vassilis Vassilikos (1933), Dexippus (210), Asclepiades of Samos (-320), and Phylarchus (-255). After him are Dionysios Solomos (1798), Philostratus of Lemnos (200), Antigonus of Carystus (-290), Praxilla (-500), Philitas of Cos (-400), and Kostis Palamas (1859).