bishop of Trent, hence distinguished by the epithet Tridentinus,
flourished towards the close of the fourth century and suffered martyrdom, probably in the
second consulship of Stilicho, A. D. 405. This is the Vigilius, who, according to Gennadius,
addressed to a certain Simplicianus, a letter and a tract containing Gesta sui
temporis apud barbaros martyrum. We cannot doubt that two Epistles still extant under
the name of Vigilius De Martyrio Sanctorum Sisinii et Sociorum, one
addressed to Simplicianus, bishop of Milan, the other to John, bishop of Constantinople, are
the pieces here indicated. They will be found under their best form in the