The treatise “On the creation of the world” by St. Victorinus of Poetovio

The article gives information about the treatise “On the Creation of the World”, the author of which is St. Victorinus of Poetovio, the first Latin exegetist. The work was written by him about 250AD but because of the 5th century Pope Gelasius’ decree it was included in the list of forbidden books. Therefore Eastern writers did not make reference to the saint. The article is preceded with the edition of the first Russian translation of the treatise made from Latin.