Martyr

Hieromartyr Victorinus, Bishop of Pettau

November 2 Old CalendarNovember 15 New Calendar

Life

Many hold that he was Slavic by origin. Blessed Jerome praises him as a man learned and pious. He knew Greek better than Latin. He wrote commentaries on several books of the Old and New Testaments. He suffered for the Christian Faith around the year 303.

From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, November 2. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Also commemorated on November 2

Holy Martyrs Acindynus, Pegasius, Anempodistus, Aphthonius, Elpidephorus and Others with Them Martyr Venerable Marcian of Cyrrhus Venerable

The full reading for November 2 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.

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