Atanasiu di Iaci

Frate Atanasiu di Iaci or Athanasiu da Jaci (Italian: Atanasio) was a Benedictine monk and historiographer from Aci.

[1] He may also be the author of another Sicilian history, Lu rebellamentu di Sichilia, written circa 1290, by an anonymous person of Messina.

[3] Vincenzo de Gaetano first expressed doubt about the authenticity of the Vinuta and the historicity of Atanasiu.

The Vinuta appears in no earlier work than Pietro Carrera, Delle memorie historiche della città di Cantania (1639).

[5] Kenneth Setton follows him, but notes that though it sometimes adds valuable details to the history of the War of the Sicilian Vespers, it is frequently untrustworthy.

San Nicolò l'Arena, where the manuscript was found and where Atanasiu may have been a monk