VITTORE of ANTIOCHIA. - There exists in many Greek manuscripts a commentary on the Gospel of Mark attributed to a certain V. of A., and transmitted in two recensions.
This commentary is an exegetical catena, for the greater part based on extracts from St. John Chrysostom (J. Reuss, op. cit., in the bibliography, p. 138); moreover, texts by Origen, Cyril of Alexandria, Titus of Bostra, and others were copied (ibid., p. 139). The compilation, based on commentaries on Matthew and Luke, was probably made in the sixth century (ibid., p. 141) by a presbyter V. of Antioch, who is unknown to us, and it cannot be stated with certainty that he is identical with a V. mentioned in other catenae. The compilation was very widespread.
BIBL.: in the absence of a critical edition, one must still consult the edition by Ch. F. Matthaei, 2 vols., Moscava 1775. On the problems V. Reuss, Matthäus-, Markus-und Johannes-Katinen, Münster 1941, p. 118 ff. For the earlier literature V. BARDENHEWER, OTTO, IV, p. 255 f. Erik Peterson