Prudentius

Prudentius was born in Spain in 348, held government posts, and in his fifties gave himself to writing Christian poems. His hymns for the hours, his poems on the martyrs, and his poems against heresy and paganism, among them the Battle for the Soul, were widely read in the Middle Ages.

Dates

b. 348, d. after 405 (approximate)

See or city

Spain (Calagurris or Tarraco, disputed)

Region

Spain

Notes

A Roman official from Spain who turned in later life to Christian poetry.

Works

• Hymns for the HoursCathemerinon · ca. 400-405 · CPL 1438 (not yet checked)
• Crowns of the MartyrsPeristephanon · ca. 400-405 · CPL 1443 (not yet checked)
• EpilogueEpilogus · ca. 405 · CPL 1445 (not yet checked)
• The Divinity of ChristApotheosis · ca. 400-405 · CPL 1440 (not yet checked)
• The Origin of SinHamartigenia · ca. 400-405 · CPL 1441 (not yet checked)
• The Battle for the SoulPsychomachia · ca. 400-405 · CPL 1442 (not yet checked)
• Against SymmachusContra Symmachum · ca. 402-403 · CPL 1444 (not yet checked)
• Scenes from the Old and New Testaments (Dittochaeon)Dittochaeon (Tituli historiarum) · ca. 400–410 · CPL 1443 (not yet checked)