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Victor of Tunnuna

500 – 570

Priest and chronicler

ChroniclerHistorian Presbyter
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About Victor of Tunnuna

Lived 500 – 570. Victor of Tunnuna was a Byzantine chronicler, historian, presbyter and bishop.

Victor of Tunnuna (Latin Victor Tunnunensis) (died ) was Bishop of the North African town of Tunnuna and a chronicler from Late antiquity. He was also considered a martyr by Isidore of Seville.

Victor supported of the Three Chapters and the endangered Chalcedonian Orthodoxy against the religious policies of Justinian I. He was punished with imprisonment within a monastery in Mandracium, then exiled to the Balearic Islands. The prisoner was eventually transferred to Canopus. In the mid-560s, Justin II imprisoned Victor in Constantinople itself. He is thought to have died while still confined within a monastery in Constantinople. His first imprisonment was a monastery in Mandracium near Carthage, followed by exile to the Balearic Islands and finally transferred to Egypt to a monastery in Canopus. In 564 or 565

Victor has been credited with being the author of the pseudo-Ambrosian De Poenitentia, although Victor of Cartenna seems to be the real author.

The Chronicon (444-566) is available in an English translation by John R. C. Martyn under the title Arians and Vandals of the 4th-6th Centuries.

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Important facts

Born
500
Birth century
Died
570, Constantinople
Occupation
Chronicler, historian, presbyter, bishop
Nationality
Positions held
Bishop

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Victor of Tunnuna?

priest and chronicler

When was Victor of Tunnuna born?

Victor of Tunnuna was born in 500.

When did Victor of Tunnuna die?

Victor of Tunnuna died in 570 in Constantinople.

What was Victor of Tunnuna's occupation?

Victor of Tunnuna was a chronicler, historian, presbyter and bishop.

What nationality was Victor of Tunnuna?

Victor of Tunnuna was Byzantine.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Victor of Tunnuna

· Wikidata: Q601846

· DBpedia: Victor of Tunnuna

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