What is "paterius"

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 worked as a notary.

His sole surviving work is the Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti, an anthology of Gregory's biblical exegesis, arranged in the order of the biblical passages discussed. The work survives in over 120 complete or partial manuscripts.