Victor

Hugh of Saint-Victor (1096 ? - 1141 ?)

Born around 1096, Hugh of Saint-Victor is one of the most endearing representatives of the Renaissance of the 12th century. Originally from Saxony, trained in Hamersleben, he settled among the regular canons of Saint-Victor, near Paris around 1120 and remained there until his death in 1141. A humanist, exegete, theologian and mystic, he attempted, in the Didascalicon, to make a harmonious synthesis of knowledge, secular and sacred, which is both universal and centered on Christian wisdom. Between his contemporaries Abelard the dialectician and Saint Bernard the Cistercian, Master Hugh managed to find a balance between the human and the divine, which harmonizes the dynamism of reason and the solidity of faith and marries the demands of the intellectual quest with the fervor of love. His abundant work, with its confident and serene tone, profoundly inspired authors as diverse as Richard of Saint-Victor, Peter Lombard, Saint Bonaventure, Jean Gerson, as well as the masters of the devotio moderna.

Marius Victorinus (275 ? - 363 ?)

Originally from Africa, where he was born around 280, Victorinus lived in Rome from 350, when the emperor Constantius, who was favourable to the Arians, became sole ruler of the West. A famous rhetorician and philosopher (he even had his statue in the Forum), he converted at a late age (see Augustine, Conf. VIII, 2, 3-5) and requested baptism not long before St. Augustine. He gave up his teaching post in rhetoric when, in 362, the Emperor Julian forbade Christian teachers to give lessons. Nothing more is known about him after this date.

Richard of St. Victor (1110 ? - 1173)

Born around 1110, originally from Scotland, Richard arrived in Paris probably before 1141 and entered the Abbey of St-Victor of the Augustinian Regular Canons, where he became prior from 1162 until his death in 1173. In the conflict between Thomas Becket and King Henry II, he sided with the Archbishop of Canterbury. He is the author of scriptural commentaries, theological treatises, spiritual writings and pamphlets, sermons and letters, the chronology of which is difficult to establish.

Victorinus of Poetovio (230 ? - 304 ?)

Born around 230, Victorinus, bishop of Pettau (in present-day Slovenia), died a martyr in 304 during the persecution of Diocletian. His life is known mostly thanks to Jerome, who adapted his Commentary on the Revelation of John, the first such commentary we know of (SC 423). Jerome held in high esteem this Latin exegete well-read in Greek authors too (particularly Hippolytus and Origen), even though he did not share his millenarianist ideas; he therefore modified the last chapters of the commentary on Revelation. Victorinus is also the author of a short treatise On the Construction of the World, a typological meditation on the story of creation, and a chronological fragment about the life of Jesus.

Victor of Vita (440 ? - 484 ?)

Victor fut simple prêtre à Vite, puis nommé évêque à un siège inconnu. Son Historia persecutionis Africanae... constitue une description des persécutions subies par les catholiques en Afrique sous les rois vandales Genséric (428-447) et Hunéric (447-484)

Victorus of Cartenna (400 ? - 500 ?)

Pour une biographie et une bibliographie mises à jour, voir la page de l'auteur dans le Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexicon du site allemand Bautz.

Victor of Marseilles (200 ? - 304 ?)

Victorinus of Poetovio (?) (200 ? - 300 ?)

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Marius Victorinus (Ps.) (0 ? - 1200 ?)

Victorinus Poeta (150 ? - 260 ?)

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Victor of Antioch (500 ? - 600 ?)