Paterius
Life and witness
At Brescia, of St. Paterius, bishop.
Baring Gould February · S. PATERIUS, _B. of Brescia; beginning of 7th cent._
SS. MAURICE, PHOTINUS, THEODORE, AND COMPANIONS, _MM. at Apamea, circ._ A.D. 298. SS. VERULUS, SECUNDINUS, AND COMPANIONS, _MM. at Adrumetum, in Africa_. S. VITALIANA, _V. at Artonne, in Auvergne, circ._ A.D. 390. S. SEVERIAN, _B. M. of Scythopolis_, A.D. 452. S. ZACHARIAS, _Patriarch of Jerusalem_, A.D. 631. S. PATERIUS, _B. of Brescia; beginning of 7th cent._ B. PEPIN _of Landen, C. at Nivelles, in Belgium_, A.D. 646. S. GONDEBERT, _B. of Sens, in France, 7th cent._ SS. GERMAN, _Ab. M._, AND RANDOALD, _Prior, M. of Munsterthal, in Switzerland, end of 7th cent._ S. PETER _of Majuma, M. in Palestine_, A.D. 743. S. GEORGE, _B. of Amastris, in Paphlagonia, beginning of 9th cent._
Biographical overview
Paterius (died 606) was a bishop of Brescia. He is known as a compiler, in particular of works of Pope Gregory I, for whom he had worked as a notary. His sole surviving work is the Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti, an anthology of Gregory's works of biblical exegesis, arranged in the order of the biblical passages discussed. The work survives in over 120 complete or partial manuscripts.
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
Brixiae sancti Paterii Episcopi.