Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus

Patricius (Hebrew נטרונא - Natrona, † 351 or 352) was a leader of the Jewish rebels against the Roman emperor Constantius II in 351/352.

With the rebellion, the Jews continued not primarily against the strictly Arian Christian religious policy, but against the corrupt regime of oppression in Antioch resident deputy emperor Constantius Gallus to fight back. In Sepphoris ( Diocaesarea ) attacked and disarmed the rebels, the Roman garrison, Patricius called the "King " and spread the insurrection of the Galilee from several other cities of Palestine. Acts of violence against Christians are not known. Gallus sent troops under the command of Ursicinus, which were reflected the movement quickly and brutally. The cities of Sepphoris, Tiberias and Diospolis were destroyed. A Midrash suggests that Patricius was killed in the final battle that possibly took place in Acre.

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• Aurelius Victor, Liber de Caesaribus 42, 11
• Socrates Scholasticus, Historia ecclesiastica, 2.33 (english)