1A short hymn to Christ: the eternal Son, born of the Virgin, recognized by the Magi, who raised the dead, descended to the realm of death, rose and ascended, and is one with the Father in a threefold light.
authentic · Authentic (Vollmer's edition); the poet's identity with the author of the court panegyrics is generally accepted (check).
Standing
Not honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by the Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant traditions. Writer in the church of his time, not venerated by any of the three traditions.
Date
ca. 430-450 (approximate) · Flavius Merobaudes, soldier and poet of Spanish origin at the western court; the poem is a short fragment.
Written at
Italy (approximate)
Language
Latin
Genre
poem
Reference system
a single passage (29 lines in Migne's printing; Vollmer's line numbers may differ)
SBL abbreviation
Carm. Christ.Not yet checked
Text from
J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologiae cursus completus, series Latina, vol. 61 (Paris, 1847), cols. 972-973; digital text of the printed volume (Printed edition in the public domain; digital text CC BY-SA 4.0)
Critical editions
Friedrich Vollmer, ed., Flavii Merobaudis reliquiae, MGH Auct. ant. 14 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1905) (cited only) (cited, not reproduced)