A new history of ecclesiastical writers containing an account of the authors of the several books of the Old and New Testament, of the lives and writings of the primitive fathers, an abridgement and catalogue of their works ... also a compendious history of the councils, with chronological tables of the whole / written in French by Lewis Ellies du Pin.

VICTORIUS.

VIctorius born at Lemovicum a City of Aquitain, an exact Chronologer, made in the Year 457 at the desire of Hilary, then Arch-deacon, and after Bishop of Rome, a New Paschal * 1.1 Cycle wonderfully curious. It was for 532 Years, because according to his Calculation, at the end of that time Easter-day ought to fall upon the same day of the Month, and of the Moon, on which it happened in the Year of the Death of Jesus Christ. Bucherius the Jesuit published this Cycle in 1634, [in Fol. at Antwerp,] Corrected it in many places, and Explained it by a learned Commentary. He hath put before it a Letter of Hilary to Victorius, and a Preface of his own. This Author was the first among the Christians, who made use of the space of 19 Years for the Cycle of the Moon. * 1.2 His Cycle begins at the Year 73, which is the 28 of the Common ac∣count, and ends at the Year 559 of the same Aera inclusively. It contains 8 Columns. In the first are the names of the Coss. In the second are set down the Numbers of the Years of his Revolution. In the third are observed the Leap-Years. The fourth shews upon what day of the Week the first day of every Year falls, which is instead of the Dominical Letter, that was not yet found out. The fifth notes how old the Moon was upon the same day, this is instead of the Epact. The sixth shews, on what day Easter-day falls. The seventh discovers the Age of the Moon on that day.

The last contains the Indications. Bucherius hath added the Golden Number, and hath marked in another Table by the side of Years of the World, according to Eusebius, the Years of the Vulga•• Aera, the Cycles of the Moon and Sun, the Years of the Epocha of the Building of Rome according to Varo, the true Order of the Consulships, and the Years of the Roman Emperors. This Cycle hath been very famous. The fourth Council of Orleans held in 541, Decreed, That all Bishops should make use of it in ordering the Celebration of Easter. It is commended by Gennadius, Cassiod••rus, Gregory Bishop of Tours, S. Isidore of Sivil, and many others. We know nothing particular of the Life of the Author of it.

Notes

• * 1.1

  alias Victori∣nus.
• * 1.2

  Now called the Golden Number.