Fine A rts, s. v.
Vicentino, Marco, a Venetian painter, son and pupil of Andrea, practiced his art at Venice with con- siderable reputation, and executed many works for tlie churches antl for the collections. His fame, however, is derived more from his father's name than from his own works. See Spooner, Biog. Hist, of the Fine A?-ts, s. v.
Vice-rector is the second in authority to the rec- tor, governor, master, or ruler of a college.
Vice-sacristan is a sacristan (q. v.) or sexton of inferior rank or position, who acts during the absence of the ordinary sacristan.
Vici, Andrea del, an Italian architect, was born at Arcevia, in the ^Marca d'Ancona, in 1744. He was educated at Perugia, and then sent to Home to study painting under Stefano Pozzi, and architecture under Carlo Murena, but he decided to follow the latter as a profession. In 1780 the court of Tuscany appointed him hydraulic architect and engineer for the Val di Chiana, and in 1787 he was employed in a similar ca- pacity by the papal government in the work of drain- ing the Pontine marshes, and preventing the inunda- tions of the Teppia. In 1810 he erected the embankment to supiiort the left bank of the Teverone. His archi- tectural works are considerable in number and im[)or- tance. He \vas architect to the grand-duke of Tuscany, and built, among others, the Palazzo Lapri at Bevagna; the Church and Monastery delle Salesiane at Offagna; the seminary at Osimo; the Church of S. Francesco at Foligno; the Capella Gozzoli at Terni; the villa and casini at Monte Gallo; and the superb cathedral at Ca- marino. He died Sept. 10, 1817. See Spooner, Biog. Hist, of the Fine A rts, s, v,
Vick, J. O., an English Congregational minister, was born at Emsworth, Nov. 11, 1803, and died Jinie 7. 1862. He was occupied in business nearly the whole of his Jife, but frequently was engaged in preaching, and for several years labored acceptably as pastor of the Church in Waterloo, Portsmouth. See (Lond.) Cong, Year-book, 1803, p. 270.
Vick, Ne'wet, a ^lethodist Episcopal minister, was born in Southampton County, Va., March 17, 17CG. He began preaching in 1788; entered the Virginia Confer- ence in 1790; married in 1791 ; removed to North Caro- lina in 1799, and three years later to Mississippi, where he labored until his decease, near Vicksburg, Aug. 5, 1819. See Sprague, Annals ofAmer. Pulpit, vii, 558.
Vico (Vighi, or Vicris), Enea, an eminent Ital- ian engraver and medallist, was born at Parma about 1520. He studied under (iiulio Romano, and after- wards went to Rome, where he entered the school of JIarc' Antonio Rainiondi. He made such progress that he was invited to Florence by the grand-duke, Cosmo I, where he engraved several plates after Michael An- gelo, and nmnerous portraits. From there he went to Venice and Ferrara. On returning to Parma in 1554, he engraved and pidjlished the medals of gold and sil- ver of the twelve Ciesars with explanations. In 1555 he published at Venice his IJiscoisi sopra le Medaglie, which was several times reprinted. He is considered to have been the tirst who wrote on numismatics. His last work, Imaghii delle Donne A ugiiste, was published at Venice in 1557. He died about 1570. Arxjong his plates may be mentioned the Conversion of St. Paul, after V. Salviati ; the Entombing of Christ, after Ra- phael ; and the A nnunciation, after Titian. See Spooner, fJiog. Hist, of the Fine A lis, s. v.
Victor {/he conqueror), in Roman mythologj-, was a surname of ./(//;i7er, often appearing upon tablets.
Victor (also Claudius Mahius Victor and Vir- TOKixus) was a poet and orator of Marseilles, who lived in the former half of the 5th century, and wrote in hex- ameter verse a Comment, in Genesin and an Epistula ad
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Solomon. A hhat. de Penersis sua yEtatis Mnribus. See Max. Bibl. etc. viii, 418.
Victor, Sr. The lists of martyrs and saints in tlio Kotnaii I'atliolie CliiiR-li include an extended series of personaf^es named Vie roK, concerning wiiom see Aiis- fiilirl. ijtil.-f.fnkon and the accompanying Kaleiuler (Cologne and Fraid<fort, 1710), p. 22(j2-2->7].. See Her- 7,og, Rcid- Enajklop. s. v.
Victor OK ANTiocit was a bishop contemporary with Chrysostom (about A. I). 400) who wrote a com- mentary on the (Jospel of Mark, in which he defended the view entertained by the Cliurch of his day tiiat. with reference to fasting. Christians have entire liljcrty of action. The commentary is given in Mux. Bibl. Wt. fa/rum (Lngd. Itj77). iv, 370.
Victor OF Capua was a bishop in the former half of the (Jtii century (died about 544). He ranks as the earliest Latin catenator, and wrote De Cycht Puschili, fragments of which work are contained in Bede, and a Scholia Vet. Patium. He also prepared a Latin version of Ammon. Alexandrinus's Harmony of the Gospels (Harm. Kranr/el. A mm. Alexandr. etc. [Col. 1532]).
Victor OF Caktknna was a bishop in the 5th century who wrote Adrersits Ariam)s ud Genseric, Vandal. Reyem : — De Pcenitentia Puhlica : — Episiola Consolatoria ad Basil.: — and several homilies. His writings are now extant only in part.
Victor OF Cakthaoe, a bishop A.I). (546, is known only through a letter addressed to pope Theodore I, in which he announced his elevation to the episcopal chair and accepted the doctrine of two wills in Christ.