VICTOR, bishop of TUNNUNA - A zealous supporter of the Three Chapters, he lived in the 6th century, in proconsular Africa, and died shortly after 566.

He opposed Justinian's policy in favor of the Monophysites and was for this reason sent into exile in 555. From Egypt he was transferred to Constantinople around 564 for a new interrogation. V., tenacious in his faith, was interned in a nearby monastery. He composed a chronicle of the world, which began from the creation, but of which only the most important part has survived, namely the part that, linking up with the Chronicle of Prosper of Aquitaine, begins with the year 444. In it, on the basis of Eastern and Western sources, the events of Africa and of the Byzantine Empire are recounted in a singular manner. For the last years V. also sets aside some personal notices and facts of which he was a witness. Despite certain defects, V.'s Chronicle has a positive value for the history of that period.

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BIBL.: the Chronicle in PL 68, 937-62; a better one in MGH, Auctores antiq., XI, ed. Th. Mommsen, Berlin 1894, pp. 163-206; Bardenhewer, V, pp. 329-30.

Ignazio Ortiz de Urbina

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Victor, Bishop of Tunnuna

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