Jerome. Lives of Illustrious Men 12
12 Lucius Annæus Seneca PL 23, 629
Lucius Annæus Seneca of Cordova, disciple of the Stoic Sotion and uncle of Lucan the Poet, was a man of most continent life, whom I should not place in the category of saints were it not that those Epistles of Paul to Seneca and Seneca to Paul, which are read by many, provoke me. In these, written when he was tutor of Nero and the most powerful man of that time, he says that he would like to hold such a place among his countrymen as Paul held among Christians. He was put to death by Nero two years before Peter and Paul were crowned with martyrdom.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca Cordubensis, Sotionis Stoici discipulus, et patruus Lucani poetae, continentissimae vitae fuit, quem non ponerem in catalogo Sanctorum, nisi me illae Epistolae provocarent, quae leguntur a plurimis, 851 Pauli ad Senecam, et Senecae ad Paulum. In quibus cum esset Neronis magister, et illius temporis potentissimus, optare se dicit, ejus esse loci apud suos, cujus sit Paulus apud Christianos. Hic ante biennium quam Petrus et Paulus coronarentur martyrio, a Nerone interfectus est.
Λούκιος Ἄννεως Σενέκας Κορδουβήνσιος, Σωτίωνος Στωϊκοῦ μαθητὴς, καὶ θεῖος πρὸς πατρὸς Λουκανοῦ τοῦ ποιητοῦ, πανὺ ἐγκρατὴς, ὃν οὐ πάντως κατηρίθμουν ἐν τῷ καταλόγῳ τῶν ἁγίων, εἰ μὴ αἱ ἐπιστολαὶ τούτου προὔτρεπον, αἱ παρὰ πολλῶν ἀναγινωσκόμεναι Παύλου 852 πρὸς Σενέκαν καὶ Σενέκα πρὸς Παῦλον. Νέρωνος ὢν διδάσκαλος, καὶ κατ' ἐκεῖνο καιροῦ δυνατὸς, ηὔχετο τοιοῦτον ἔχειν παρὰ τοῖς ἰδίοις τόπον, οἷον Παῦλος παρὰ τοῖς χριστιανοῖς. Οὗτος πρὸ ἐνιαυτῶν δύο τοῦ παθεῖν τοὺς Ἀποστόλους Πέτρον καὶ Παύλον, παρὰ Νέρωνος ἐσφάγη.