Crowns of the Martyrs 10.577–10.1089

Summary: Romanus confesses that the eternal King begot an eternal King, the Son equal to the Father and outside time, who as man met death and overcame it; he answers the charge of novelty by pointing to Rome’s own recent founding, and says the Cross was foreshown from the beginning.

• 1 Cor 1:27; 3:18–19. Line 13 is damaged in the scan (‘gestanti l’) and its end read ‘hominis’ by sense; a footnote quoting Augustine (City of God 21.15) was removed. Trinitarian language as written.

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout, stray line numbers, note marks, footnotes and running heads removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Non posse coecis sensibus mysterium Haurire nostrum : nil diurnum nox capit. Tamen in tenebris proferam claram facem. Sanus videbit: lippus oculos obteget. Eemovete lumen, dicet insanabilis: Iniuriosa est nil videnti claritas. Audi, profane, quod gravatus oderis. Regem perennem Rex perennis protulit, In se manentem, nec minorem tempore, Quia tempus illum non tenet : nam fons retro Exordiorum est, et dierum, et temporum, Ex Patre Christus: hoc Pater, quod Filius. Congressa mors esl membra gestanti l Dum aostra temptal, cessit immortalibus. Stnltnm putatis hoc, sophistae eaeculi; Sed >t ulta mundi snmmns elegil Pater, turtus essel Baecnli, prndens Dei. Antiquitatem Bomnli, el Blavortiam Lnpam renarras (:'>). primnm el omen vultunun. Si res novellas respuis, nil tam recens: Yix mille fastds implet hanc aetatnlam Cur8us diernm conditore ab augnre. G15 nta possnm regna pridem condita Proferre toto in orbe, si sit otium, Mnlto ante clara, quam capellam Gnossiam Suxisse fertur Iuppiter, Martis pater; Sed illa non snnt, haec et olim non ernnt. G20 Crnx ista Christi, quam novellam dicitis, ente mundo, factus ut primum est homo, il) Ut, dum caducum, etc. Ad i> vst. De Civ. /'■;. XXI. 15: « Unicus enim natura Dei Filius , propter nos misericordia factus est filius hominis, ut nos, natura filii no- → Non posse caecis sensibus mysterium Haurire nostrum : nil diurnum nox capit. Tamen in tenebris proferam claram facem. Sanus videbit: lippus oculos obteget. Removete lumen, dicet insanabilis: Iniuriosa est nil videnti claritas. Audi, profane, quod gravatus oderis. Regem perennem Rex perennis protulit, In se manentem, nec minorem tempore, Quia tempus illum non tenet : nam fons retro Exordiorum est, et dierum, et temporum, Ex Patre Christus: hoc Pater, quod Filius. Congressa mors est membra gestanti hominis, Dum nostra temptat, cessit immortalibus. Stultum putatis hoc, sophistae saeculi; Sed stulta mundi summus elegit Pater, Ut stultus esset saeculi, prudens Dei. Antiquitatem Romuli, et Mavortiam Lupam renarras, primum et omen vulturum. Si res novellas respuis, nil tam recens: Vix mille fastis implet hanc aetatulam Cursus dierum conditore ab augure. Quam multa possum regna pridem condita Proferre toto in orbe, si sit otium, Multo ante clara, quam capellam Gnossiam Suxisse fertur Iuppiter, Martis pater; Sed illa non sunt, haec et olim non erunt. Crux ista Christi, quam novellam dicitis, Nascente mundo, factus ut primum est homo,.

Topics: Martyrdom, Christology, Trinity

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Perist. 10.577 (Lanfranchi 1:lines 577–608; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-peristephanon/10-577). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged). No public-domain English was used; FOTC 43 is not available, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.

Summary: The Cross was foreshadowed by kings, prophets and judges and fulfilled before witnesses; because Christ raised his dead body and took it to the Father, believers trust in their own resurrection; Christ, of twofold nature, died and conquered death; Romanus proposes that a child be asked to judge.

• 1 Pet 1:10–11; 1 Cor 15:20; Matt 7:6. Restored from a garbled scan by one logged correction.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout, stray line numbers, note marks, footnotes and running heads removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Expressa signis, oxpedita est litteris: Adventus eius mille per miracula Praenuntiatus ore vatum consono. Eeges, prophetae, iudices, et principes Virtute, bellis, cultibus, sacris, stilo, Non destiterunt formam pingere crucis: Crux praenotata, crux adumbrata est prius Crucem vetusta combiberunt saecula. Tandem retectis vocibus prophetieis, Aetate nostra comprobata antiquitas, Coram refulsit ore conspicabili, Ne fluctuaret veritas dubia fide, Si non pateret toste visu comminus. Hinc nos et ipsum non perire credimus Corpus, sepulcro quod vorandum traditur : Quia Christus in se mortuum corpus Cruci Secum excitatum vexit ad solium Patris, Viamque cunctis ad resurgendum dedit. Crux illa nostra est, nospatibulnm adscendi- Nobis peremptus Christus, et nobis Deus, [mus; Christus reversus, ipse qui moriens liomo est: Natura duplex, moritur et mortem domat, Eeditque in illud quod perire nesciat. G45 Dixisse panca sit satis, de mysticis trae salutis, «J'«nu' processD Bpei. Iani iam Bilebo: margarita Bpargere Christi vetamur int>-r immundos sues, Lntolenta sanctum ae terani animalia. qnia profunda non licel luctarier Batione tecum, consulamua proxima. nterrogetur ipsa Daturalinm Simj.lt-v sine arte sensnnm Bententia : 1'in-i imperitns fac ut adsii arbiter. → Expressa signis, expedita est litteris: Adventus eius mille per miracula Praenuntiatus ore vatum consono. Reges, prophetae, iudices, et principes Virtute, bellis, cultibus, sacris, stilo, Non destiterunt formam pingere crucis: Crux praenotata, crux adumbrata est prius, Crucem vetusta combiberunt saecula. Tandem retectis vocibus propheticis, Aetate nostra comprobata antiquitas, Coram refulsit ore conspicabili, Ne fluctuaret veritas dubia fide, Si non pateret teste visu comminus. Hinc nos et ipsum non perire credimus Corpus, sepulcro quod vorandum traditur : Quia Christus in se mortuum corpus Cruci Secum excitatum vexit ad solium Patris, Viamque cunctis ad resurgendum dedit. Crux illa nostra est, nos patibulum adscendimus; Nobis peremptus Christus, et nobis Deus, Christus reversus, ipse qui moriens homo est: Natura duplex, moritur et mortem domat, Reditque in illud quod perire nesciat. Dixisse pauca sit satis de mysticis Nostrae salutis, quaeque processit spei. Iam iam silebo: margarita spargere Christi vetamur inter immundos sues, Lutulenta sanctum ne terant animalia. Sed quia profunda non licet luctarier Ratione tecum, consulamus proxima. Interrogetur ipsa naturalium Simplex sine arte sensuum sententia : Puer imperitus fac ut adsit arbiter,.

Topics: Christology, Eschatology, Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Perist. 10.609 (Lanfranchi 1:lines 609–640; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-peristephanon/10-609). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged). No public-domain English was used; FOTC 43 is not available, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.

Summary: A small child is brought and asked whether to worship one Christ, and the Father in Christ, or many gods; the child answers that God must be one and that Christ is true God, taught by his mother; the prefect sends for the mother.

• Matt 21:16; Ps 8:2. Restored from a garbled scan by one logged correction; ‘Tenerae aetatis’ (line 12) read by sense.

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout, stray line numbers, note marks, footnotes and running heads removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): ptaennem circiter puerum, aut minus, i}m sit favoria liber, ei dod oderii Qaemquam, nec ollum mentis in vitium cadat. Periclitemur, qnid n-ons infantia Dical sequendum, quid novus sapial vigor. » — Jlanc ille sancti martyris vocem libens 66] Amplexns, onum de caterva infantium Parvum, nec olim lacte depnlsum, >;:|>i. Captnmque adesse praecipit. — « Qnidvis roga, Inquit, sequamur quod probarit pnaio. > — Bokanys ardens experiri innoxiam tentis oria indolem: — « filiole, ait. I»i>' quid videtur esse vernm e1 congrnens, Unum ne Christum colere, et in Christo Patrem, An comprecari miile formarum deos'?» — Adriait infans, )!>•>• moratus retulit: » — quidqnid illud, quod ferunt homiues Deum, 1*1111111 esse oportet, et quod uni, est unicum. Quum Ciiristus hoc sit, Christus est verus Deus. Genera deorum multa nec pueri pntant. » — Stupuit tyrannus. sub pudore fluctuans, Nec \ini decebat Lnnocenti aetatulae nferre leges, nec loquenti talia Puror sinebat efferatus parcere. — « Quis auctor, inquit, vocis est huius tibi? » — Eespondit ille : — « inater, et matri Deus. 681 Illa ex parente Spiritu docta imbibit, Quo me inter ipsa pasceret cunabula : Ego, ut gemellis uberum de fontibus Lac parvus hausi, Christum et hausi credere. » — Ergo ipsa mater adsit, exelamat, cedo, 686 Asclepiades ; disciplinae et exitum Tristem suae magistra spectet impia, → Septennem circiter puerum, aut minus, Qui sit favoris liber, et non oderit Quemquam, nec ullum mentis in vitium cadat. Periclitemur, quid recens infantia Dicat sequendum, quid novus sapiat vigor. » — Hanc ille sancti martyris vocem libens Amplexus, unum de caterva infantium Parvum, nec olim lacte depulsum, eligit, Captumque adesse praecipit. — « Quidvis roga, Inquit, sequamur quod probarit pusio. » — Romanus ardens experiri innoxiam Tenerae aetatis indolem: — « Filiole, ait, Dic quid videtur esse verum et congruens, Unumne Christum colere, et in Christo Patrem, An comprecari mille formarum deos? » — Adrisit infans, nec moratus retulit: — « Est quidquid illud, quod ferunt homines Deum, Unum esse oportet, et quod uni, est unicum. Quum Christus hoc sit, Christus est verus Deus. Genera deorum multa nec pueri putant. » — Stupuit tyrannus, sub pudore fluctuans, Nec vim decebat innocenti aetatulae Inferre leges, nec loquenti talia Furor sinebat efferatus parcere. — « Quis auctor, inquit, vocis est huius tibi? » — Respondit ille : — « Mater, et matri Deus. Illa ex parente Spiritu docta imbibit, Quo me inter ipsa pasceret cunabula : Ego, ut gemellis uberum de fontibus Lac parvus hausi, Christum et hausi credere. » — « Ergo ipsa mater adsit, exclamat, cedo, Asclepiades ; disciplinae et exitum Tristem suae magistra spectet impia,.

Topics: Martyrdom, Trinity

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Perist. 10.641 (Lanfranchi 1:lines 641–672; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-peristephanon/10-641). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged). No public-domain English was used; FOTC 43 is not available, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.

Summary: To punish the mother, the prefect has the child flogged until even the executioners weep; only the mother remains calm and joyful; when the child cries out for water, she rebukes him.

• A duplicated footnote repeating the last two lines was removed.

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout, stray line numbers, note marks, footnotes and running heads removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Male eruditi torqueatur funere Infantis orba ; quemque corrupit, fleat. Absit ministros vilis ut muliercula Nostros fatiget: quantulus autem dolor Vexabit artus, mortis auxilio brevis? Oculi parentis punientur.acrius, Quam si cruentae membra carpant ungulae. » — Vix haec profatus, pusionem praecipit 696 Sublime tollant, et manu pulsent nates : Mox et remota veste virgis verberent, Tenerumque duris ictibus tergum secent, Plus unde lactis quam cruoris defluat. Quae cautis illud perpeti spectaculum, Quis ferre possit aeris aut ferri rigor? mpacta qnoties corpus attigerat salix, Tenui robebant sanguine oda vimiua, Qnem plaga flerat roscidis livoribns. Ferunt minaces verberantium genas nlacrimasse, sponte demanantibus Guttis per ora barbarum frementia ; Scribas el ipsos, et coronam plebium, Procere8que siccis non stetisse visibus. At sola mater hisce lamentis caret, Soli Bereno firons renidet gaudio, Stat impiorum corde pietas fortior, Ani Christi, contumax doloribus: Pirmatque sensum mollis Lndulgentiae. Sitire sese parvus exclamaverat : Ajiimae aestuantis ardor in cruciatibns Hoc exigebat, lymphae nt haustum posceret: Quem torva mater eminus triste intnens, Vultu et severis vocibus sic increpat : « Quem torva mater eminus triste intueDS, Vultu et severis, etc. » → Male eruditi torqueatur funere Infantis orba ; quemque corrupit, fleat. Absit ministros vilis ut muliercula Nostros fatiget: quantulus autem dolor Vexabit artus, mortis auxilio brevis? Oculi parentis punientur acrius, Quam si cruentae membra carpant ungulae. » — Vix haec profatus, pusionem praecipit Sublime tollant, et manu pulsent nates : Mox et remota veste virgis verberent, Tenerumque duris ictibus tergum secent, Plus unde lactis quam cruoris defluat. Quae cautis illud perpeti spectaculum, Quis ferre possit aeris aut ferri rigor? Impacta quoties corpus attigerat salix, Tenui rubebant sanguine uda vimina, Quem plaga fuderat roscidis livoribus. Ferunt minaces verberantium genas Inlacrimasse, sponte demanantibus Guttis per ora barbarum frementia ; Scribas et ipsos, et coronam plebium, Proceresque siccis non stetisse visibus. At sola mater hisce lamentis caret, Soli sereno frons renidet gaudio, Stat impiorum corde pietas fortior, Amore Christi contumax doloribus: Firmatque sensum mollis indulgentiae. Sitire sese parvus exclamaverat : Animae aestuantis ardor in cruciatibus Hoc exigebat, lymphae ut haustum posceret: Quem torva mater eminus triste intuens, Vultu et severis vocibus sic increpat :.

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Perist. 10.673 (Lanfranchi 1:lines 673–704; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-peristephanon/10-673). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged). No public-domain English was used; FOTC 43 is not available, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.

Summary: The mother tells her son not to fear but to thirst for the living fountain of Christ and to drink the cup of the Holy Innocents, recalling Isaac and the seven Maccabean brothers.

• John 4:14; Rev 21:6; Matt 20:22; 2:16; Gen 22. A note on ‘mella sanguinis’ was removed; a line is lost in the scan before ‘Fuisse parvulum patri unicum’ (sense given in brackets).

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout, stray line numbers, note marks, footnotes and running heads removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): — « Puto imbecillo, nate, turbari.s metu, Et te doloris horror adflicturu doinat ; Nou hanc mcoruin viscerum stirpem fore Deo spopondi : non in hanc spem gloriae Te procreavi, cederc ut leto scias. Aquam bibendam postulas, quuin sit tibi Fons ille vivus praesto, qui semper iluit, Et cuncta solus inrigat viventia, Intus forisque spiritum ct corpus simul, Aeternitatem largiens potantibus. Venies ad illud mox fluentum, si modo Animo ac medullis solus ardor aestuet Videre Christum : quod semel potum adfatim Sic sedat omnem pectoris flagrantiam, Vita ut beata iam sitire nesciat. Hic, hic bibendus,nate,nunc tibi estcalix, Mille in BethJehem quem biberunt parvuli : Oblita lactis, et papillarum immemor Aetas, amaris, mox deinde dulcibus Refecta pOclis, mella sumsit sanguinis. Exemplum ad istud nitere, o fortis puer, Generosa proles, matris et potentia: Omnes capaces esse virtutum Pater Mandavit annos: neminem excepit diem, Ipsis triumphos adnuens vagitibus. — mella sanguinis suavissimos tormentorum fructus carpsit. fuisse parvulum patri anicum, <,»iii. qnnm immolandna aram et ensem cerneret, Ultro sacranti colla praebueril Beni? Narravi et illnd oobile ac memorabile Certamen, una matre quod septem editi → — « Puto imbecillo, nate, turbaris metu, Et te doloris horror adflictum domat ; Non hanc meorum viscerum stirpem fore Deo spopondi : non in hanc spem gloriae Te procreavi, cedere ut leto scias. Aquam bibendam postulas, quum sit tibi Fons ille vivus praesto, qui semper fluit, Et cuncta solus inrigat viventia, Intus forisque spiritum et corpus simul, Aeternitatem largiens potantibus. Venies ad illud mox fluentum, si modo Animo ac medullis solus ardor aestuet Videre Christum : quod semel potum adfatim Sic sedat omnem pectoris flagrantiam, Vita ut beata iam sitire nesciat. Hic, hic bibendus, nate, nunc tibi est calix, Mille in Bethlehem quem biberunt parvuli : Oblita lactis, et papillarum immemor Aetas, amaris, mox deinde dulcibus Refecta poclis, mella sumsit sanguinis. Exemplum ad istud nitere, o fortis puer, Generosa proles, matris et potentia: Omnes capaces esse virtutum Pater Mandavit annos: neminem excepit diem, Ipsis triumphos adnuens vagitibus. Fuisse parvulum patri unicum, Qui, quum immolandus aram et ensem cerneret, Ultro sacranti colla praebuerit seni? Narravi et illud nobile ac memorabile Certamen, una matre quod septem editi.

Extrabiblical texts: 2 Macc 7 (2 Maccabees [in RC, EO canons]; allusion)

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Perist. 10.705 (Lanfranchi 1:lines 705–736; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-peristephanon/10-705). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged). No public-domain English was used; FOTC 43 is not available, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.

Summary: The mother recalls how the mother of the Maccabean martyrs encouraged her seven sons through frying, scalping and the cutting out of a tongue; she begs her own son, by her womb and her nursing, to persevere.

• 2 Macc 7. Restored from a garbled scan by one logged correction.

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout, stray line numbers, note marks, footnotes and running heads removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Gessere pueri, sed tamen factis viri: Hortante eadem matre in ancipiti exitu Poenae et coronae sanguini ul ne parcerent. Videbal ipsos adparatus funerum Praesena suorum, nec movebatur parens, Laetata quoties aut olivo stridula Sartago frixum torruisset puberem, Dira aut crepasset laminarum impressio. Comam cutemque verticis revulserat A fronte tortor, nuda testa ut tegmine Cervicem adusque dehonestaret caput. Clamabat illa: patere! geramis vestiel A.picem hunc corona regio ex diademate. Linguam tyrannus amputari iusserat Uni ex ephebis. Mater aiebat: Satis am parta nobis gloria est: pars optiraa Deo immolatur ecce nostri corporis; Digna est fidelis lingua quae sit hostia. Interpres animi. emmtiatrix sensuum, Cordis ministra, praeco operti pectoris, Prima offeratur in sacramentum necis, Et sit redemptrix prima membrorum omnium; Ducem dicatam mox sequentur cetera. » — llis Macchabaeos incitans stimulis parens, 77n Hostem subegit subiugatum septies, Quot feta natis, tot triumphis inclita : He partus unus ut feracem glorftie, Mea vita, praestet, in tua est situm manu. Per huius alvi fida conceptacula, Per hospitalem mense bisquine larem; Si dulce nostri pectoris nectar tibi, Si molle gremium, grata si crepundia, Persiste, et horum munerum auctorem adsere. → Gessere pueri, sed tamen factis viri: Hortante eadem matre in ancipiti exitu Poenae et coronae sanguini ut ne parcerent. Videbat ipsos apparatus funerum Praesens suorum, nec movebatur parens, Laetata quoties aut olivo stridula Sartago frixum torruisset puberem, Dira aut crepasset laminarum impressio. Comam cutemque verticis revulserat A fronte tortor, nuda testa ut tegmine Cervicem adusque dehonestaret caput. Clamabat illa: Patere! gemmis vestiet Apicem hunc corona regio ex diademate. Linguam tyrannus amputari iusserat Uni ex ephebis. Mater aiebat: Satis Iam parta nobis gloria est: pars optima Deo immolatur ecce nostri corporis; Digna est fidelis lingua quae sit hostia. Interpres animi, enuntiatrix sensuum, Cordis ministra, praeco operti pectoris, Prima offeratur in sacramentum necis, Et sit redemptrix prima membrorum omnium; Ducem dicatam mox sequentur cetera. — His Macchabaeos incitans stimulis parens, Hostem subegit subiugatum septies, Quot feta natis, tot triumphis inclita : Me partus unus ut feracem gloriae, Mea vita, praestet, in tua est situm manu. Per huius alvi fida conceptacula, Per hospitalem mense bisquino larem; Si dulce nostri pectoris nectar tibi, Si molle gremium, grata si crepundia, Persiste, et horum munerum auctorem adsere..

Extrabiblical texts: 2 Macc 7:3-10 (2 Maccabees [in RC, EO canons]; allusion)

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Perist. 10.737 (Lanfranchi 1:lines 737–768; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-peristephanon/10-737). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged). No public-domain English was used; FOTC 43 is not available, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.

Summary: The mother tells her son to give back his life to God who gave it; the boy laughs at the rods; the boy is imprisoned and Romanus tortured again, mocking his torturers’ weakness, until the judge condemns him to the fire.

• 2 Macc 7:22–23 is echoed in the opening lines.

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout, stray line numbers, note marks, footnotes and running heads removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Quanam arte nobis vivere intus coeperis, Nihilumque et illud, unde corpus, nescio : Novit animator solus et factor tui: Impendere ipsi, cuius ortus munere es : Bene in datorem, quod dedit, refuderis. » — Talia canente matre, iam laetus puer Virga strepentes et dolorem verberum Eidebat. Hic tum cognitor pronuntiat: — « Claudatur infans carcere, et tanti mali Eomanvs auctor torqueatur acrius. » — Illiim recentea per cicatricum vias Denuo exarabant, qnaqne acutum traxeranl Panllo ante ferrum, mox recrudescentibus Plagis apertas perseqnebantur noi <,»iiu> iain superbus victof ignavos vocat. — « < > non virile robur, o molles manns! Dnam Labantis dissipare tamdiu non potesse fabricam corpnsculi? Vi\ iam cobaeret: nec tamen penitus cadit, Vincens lacertos dexterarum inertium. Citins cadaver dentibns carpnni canes, Longeqne morsns vnltnrnm efficacior Ad devoranda*s carnis oflas moit.iae. Langnetis iinbelli fame, ac fatiscitis: Gnla es1 ferina, sed sOcors edacitas. s> — Exarsii istis tnrbida ira iudicis, Seque in snpremam concitat sententiam: — « Si te morarum poenitet, fincm citum Snbeas licebii : ignibns vorabere Damnatns, et favilla iam tennis fies. » — S Abiens ai ille, quum foro abriperent virum Trnces ministri, pone respectans aii : → Quanam arte nobis vivere intus coeperis, Nihilumque et illud, unde corpus, nescio : Novit animator solus et factor tui: Impendere ipsi, cuius ortus munere es : Bene in datorem, quod dedit, refuderis. » — Talia canente matre, iam laetus puer Virgas strepentes et dolorem verberum Ridebat. Hic tum cognitor pronuntiat: — « Claudatur infans carcere, et tanti mali Romanus auctor torqueatur acrius. » — Illum recentes per cicatricum vias Denuo exarabant, quaque acutum traxerant Paullo ante ferrum, mox recrudescentibus Plagis apertas persequebantur notas. Quos iam superbus victor ignavos vocat. — « O non virile robur, o molles manus! Unam labantis dissipare tamdiu Vos non potesse fabricam corpusculi? Vix iam cohaeret: nec tamen penitus cadit, Vincens lacertos dexterarum inertium. Citius cadaver dentibus carpunt canes, Longeque morsus vulturum efficacior Ad devorandas carnis offas mortuae. Languetis imbelli fame, ac fatiscitis: Gula est ferina, sed socors edacitas. » — Exarsit istis turbida ira iudicis, Seque in supremam concitat sententiam: — « Si te morarum poenitet, finem citum Subeas licebit : ignibus vorabere Damnatus, et favilla iam tenuis fies. » — Abiens at ille, quum foro abriperent virum Truces ministri, pone respectans ait :.

Extrabiblical texts: 2 Macc 7:22-23 (2 Maccabees [in RC, EO canons]; echo)

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Perist. 10.769 (Lanfranchi 1:lines 769–800; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-peristephanon/10-769). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged). No public-domain English was used; FOTC 43 is not available, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.

Summary: Romanus appeals to Christ; the judge orders the child beheaded and Romanus burned; the mother hands over her son with one kiss, asking him to remember her in Christ’s kingdom, sings Psalm 116 as he is beheaded, and catches his head in her cloak.

• Ps 116:15–16 (LXX/Vulgate 115:6–7); Gen 4:4. A footnote on the reading ‘metu’ was removed.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout, stray line numbers, note marks, footnotes and running heads removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): — « Appello ab ista, perfide, ad Christum Crudelitate, non metn mortis tremens, [meum Sed ut probetur esse nil, quod iudicas. » — — « Quid differo, inquitille, utrosque perdere, Puerum ac magistrum, complices sectae inipiae? Grladius recidat vile vix hominis caput Infantis; istum flamma vindox concremet; Sit liis sub uno fine dispar exitus. » — Perventumad ipsum caedis implendae locum. Natum gerebat mater amplexu et sinu, Ut primittvum crederes fetum geri Deo offerendum, sancti Abelis ferculo, Lectum ex ovili puriorem ceteris. Puerum poposcit carnifex; mater dedit, Nec immorata est fletibus, tantum osculum Impressit unum. — « Vale! ait, dulcissime : Et quum beatus regna Christi intraveris, Memento matris, iam patrone ex Slio. » — . metii. Rectius fortasse aecusandi casum habent metnm Sed metn plerique, cui adhaeret Giselinvs. Percussor ense, docta mulier psallere, Bymnum canebat carminis Davidici: Pretiosa sancti mora sub adspectu l>'i : Tuua ill" Bervns, proles ancillae tuae. Talia retexens ezplicabat pallium, Hanusque tendebat sub ictu et sanguine, Venarum ut undam profluam manantinm, Kt palpitantis oria ezciperet globum (•'!) : Excepit, et caro adplicavit pectori. At parte campi ez altera, immanem pyram Tezebat ustor fumidus pinu arida, Barmenta mixtim snbdita et foeni struem → — « Appello ab ista, perfide, ad Christum meum Crudelitate, non metu mortis tremens, Sed ut probetur esse nil, quod iudicas. » — — « Quid differo, inquit ille, utrosque perdere, Puerum ac magistrum, complices sectae impiae? Gladius recidat vile vix hominis caput Infantis; istum flamma vindex concremet; Sit his sub uno fine dispar exitus. » — Perventum ad ipsum caedis implendae locum. Natum gerebat mater amplexu et sinu, Ut primitivum crederes fetum geri Deo offerendum, sancti Abelis ferculo, Lectum ex ovili puriorem ceteris. Puerum poposcit carnifex; mater dedit, Nec immorata est fletibus, tantum osculum Impressit unum. — « Vale! ait, dulcissime : Et quum beatus regna Christi intraveris, Memento matris, iam patrone ex filio. » — Percussor ense; docta mulier psallere, Hymnum canebat carminis Davidici: Pretiosa sancti mors sub adspectu Dei : Tuus ille servus, proles ancillae tuae. Talia retexens explicabat pallium, Manusque tendebat sub ictu et sanguine, Venarum ut undam profluam manantium, Et palpitantis oris exciperet globum : Excepit, et caro adplicavit pectori. At parte campi ex altera, immanem pyram Texebat ustor fumidus pinu arida, Sarmenta mixtim subdita et foeni struem.

Topics: Martyrdom, Prayer

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Perist. 10.801 (Lanfranchi 1:lines 801–832; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-peristephanon/10-801). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged). No public-domain English was used; FOTC 43 is not available, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.

Summary: Romanus is brought to the pyre and foretells that he will not be burned; a sudden storm puts out the fire; the prefect, calling him a magician, decides to mutilate him first.

• A running head was removed. Restored from a garbled scan by one logged correction.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout, stray line numbers, note marks, footnotes and running heads removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Spargens liqnato rore ferventis picis, Quo liamma pastu creseeret ferocius. Et iam rotortis brachiis furca eminus EoMAirvs actus imrerebatur rogo: *— « Scio, inquit ille, non futurum ut concremer, Nec passionis hoc genus datum est milii ; Etrestat ingens, quod fiat, miraculum. » — Haec eius orsa sequitur immensus fragor Nubis ruentis, nimbns undatim nigro Praeceps aquarum fiumine ignes obruit. Alunt olivo semicombustas faces; Sed vincit imber iam madentem fomitem. SV. A. Pbvdentii Opera. \i Trepidare teter carnifex rebus novis Turbatus, et gua possei arte insistere, Versare torres cum favillis humidis, Prunas maniplis confovore stuppeis, Et semen ignis inter undas quaerere. Quod quum, tumonti nuritiatnm iudici, Movisset iram fellis implacabilis : — « Quousque tandem summus hic nobis magus Inludet, inquit, Thessalarum carmine, Poenam peritus vertere in ludibrium? Fortasse cervix, si secandam iussero Flecti sub ensem, non patebit vulneri : Vel amputatum plaga collum dividens Rursus coibit ac regiutinabitur, Humerisque vertex eminebit additus. Tentemus igitur ante partem quampiam Truncare ferro corporis superstitis, Ne morte simpla criminosus multiplex → Spargens liquato rore ferventis picis, Quo flamma pastu cresceret ferocius. Et iam retortis brachiis furca eminus Romanus actus inferebatur rogo: — « Scio, inquit ille, non futurum ut concremer, Nec passionis hoc genus datum est mihi ; Et restat ingens, quod fiat, miraculum. » — Haec eius orsa sequitur immensus fragor Nubis ruentis, nimbus undatim nigro Praeceps aquarum flumine ignes obruit. Alunt olivo semicombustas faces; Sed vincit imber iam madentem fomitem. Trepidare teter carnifex rebus novis Turbatus, et qua posset arte insistere, Versare torres cum favillis humidis, Prunas maniplis confovere stuppeis, Et semen ignis inter undas quaerere. Quod quum, tumenti nuntiatum iudici, Movisset iram fellis implacabilis : — « Quousque tandem summus hic nobis magus Inludet, inquit, Thessalorum carmine, Poenam peritus vertere in ludibrium? Fortasse cervix, si secandam iussero Flecti sub ensem, non patebit vulneri : Vel amputatum plaga collum dividens Rursus coibit ac reglutinabitur, Humerisque vertex eminebit additus. Tentemus igitur ante partem quampiam Truncare ferro corporis superstitis, Ne morte simpla criminosus multiplex.

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Perist. 10.833 (Lanfranchi 1:lines 833–864; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-peristephanon/10-833). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged). No public-domain English was used; FOTC 43 is not available, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.

Summary: The prefect orders the physician Aristo to cut out Romanus’ tongue; Romanus submits without flinching, his chin and breast covered with blood like royal purple.

• A footnote (on ‘peritus vertere’) was removed; two damaged lines were restored by sense (‘Et de minuti corporis damnis novum / Instauret hostem’).

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout, stray line numbers, note marks, footnotes and running heads removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Cadat, vel una perfidus caede oppetat : Quot membra gestat, tot modis pereat volo. Libet experiri, Lerna sicut traditur, Utrum renatis pullulescat artubus, — peritus vertere cEXXvivta[i6c. \> Be iniiiiiuiiti corporie damnis novum nstauret; ipse praesto eril tnnc Hercules, EJydrina suetus ostnm ire vulnera. Eam nnnc secandi doctus adsit artifex, Qui cuncta nOrit viscerum confinia, \ ■ 1 nexa nervis disparare vincula. Date hunc revnlsis qni 1 letur ossibus, Ant fracta nodis sarciens compaginat. Lingnam priorem detrabat radicitns, Qnae corpore omni sola vivit neqnior: Illa el procaci pessima in nostros deoe nvecta motn, fas profanavit vetns, Audafe i't ij»i non pepercit principi. » — Aristo quidam medicns accitns venit, Proforre lingnam praecipit: proferl >t;itnn Biartyr retectam, pandit ima faucium. III'' i't palatnm tractat, et digito, exitura Vbcia pererrans, vnlneri explorat locum. Linguam deinde longu ab ore protrahens, ScalpeUum in usque gnttnr insertans agit. Dlo secante fila senaim singnla, Numquam momordit martyr, aut os dentibus Compressit artis, nec cruorem sorbuit. mmotns et patente rictn constitit, Dnm sangnis extra deflnit scaturiens: Perfusa pulcher menta russo stemmate Fert, "t crnenti pectoris spectat decns, Pruiturque et ostro vestis ut iam regiae. Ergo ratus praefectus elinguem virum Cogi ad sacrandum posse, quum verbis carens → Cadat, vel una perfidus caede oppetat : Quot membra gestat, tot modis pereat volo. Libet experiri, Lerna sicut traditur, Utrum renatis pullulescat artubus, Et de minuti corporis damnis novum Instauret hostem; ipse praesto erit tunc Hercules, Hydrina suetus ustulare vulnera. Iam nunc secandi doctus adsit artifex, Qui cuncta norit viscerum confinia, Et nexa nervis disparare vincula. Date hunc revulsis qui medetur ossibus, Aut fracta nodis sarciens compaginat. Linguam priorem detrahat radicitus, Quae corpore omni sola vivit nequior: Illa et procaci pessima in nostros deos Invecta motu, fas profanavit vetus, Audax et ipsi non pepercit principi. » — Aristo quidam medicus accitus venit, Proferre linguam praecipit: profert statim Martyr retectam, pandit ima faucium. Ille et palatum tractat, et digito, exitum Vocis pererrans, vulneri explorat locum. Linguam deinde longe ab ore protrahens, Scalpellum in usque guttur insertans agit. Illo secante fila sensim singula, Numquam momordit martyr, aut os dentibus Compressit artis, nec cruorem sorbuit. Immotus et patente rictu constitit, Dum sanguis extra defluit scaturiens: Perfusa pulcher menta russo stemmate Fert, et cruenti pectoris spectat decus, Fruiturque et ostro vestis ut iam regiae. Ergo ratus praefectus elinguem virum Cogi ad sacrandum posse, quum verbis carens.

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Perist. 10.865 (Lanfranchi 1:lines 865–896; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-peristephanon/10-865). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged). No public-domain English was used; FOTC 43 is not available, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.

Summary: Brought back before the altars, the tongueless Romanus speaks: the God who made speech can make a man speak without a tongue and change the laws of nature he gave.

• A note mark was removed. Restored from a garbled scan by one logged correction.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout, stray line numbers, note marks, footnotes and running heads removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Nil in deorum blateraret dedecus, Iubet reduci iam tacentem et debilcm Multo loquentis turbine olim territus. Beponit aras ad tribunal denuo, Et tus, et ignem vividum in carbonibus, Tuurina et exta, vel suilla abdomina. Ingressus ille, ut bos paratus perspicit, Insufflat, ipsos ceu videret daemonas. Inridet boc Asclepiades laetior. Addit deinde : — « Numquid inclementius, Sicut solebas, es paratus dicere? Effare quidvis, ac p*rora et dissere; Permitto, vocem libere ut exerceas. » — Romanvs aito corde suspirans diu, Gemitu querelam traxit, et sic orsus est : — « Cbristum loquenti lingua numquam defuit ; Nec verba quaeras quo regantur organo, Quum praedicatur ipse verborum dator. Qui fecit, ut vis vocis expressa intimo Pulmone, et oris torta sub testudine, Nnnc ex palato del repercussoe sonos ; Nunc temperetur dentium de pectine, Sitque hls agendis lingua plectrum tnobile. si mandel idem (_). faucium sic flstula Spirare flato concinentes consono, i't verba in ipsia explicenl meatibus, V<1 exitu oria cymbalis profarier, Nunc pressa parce labra, nnnc hiantia. Dubitasno verti posse naturae statum, Cui facta forma est, qualis esset primitus? Hanc nempe factor yertere, ui libet, potest, itasque leges texere ac retexere, → Nil in deorum blateraret dedecus, Iubet reduci iam tacentem et debilem, Multo loquentis turbine olim territus. Reponit aras ad tribunal denuo, Et tus, et ignem vividum in carbonibus, Taurina et exta, vel suilla abdomina. Ingressus ille, ut haec paratus perspicit, Insufflat, ipsos ceu videret daemonas. Inridet hoc Asclepiades laetior. Addit deinde : — « Numquid inclementius, Sicut solebas, es paratus dicere? Effare quidvis, ac perora et dissere; Permitto, vocem libere ut exerceas. » — Romanus alto corde suspirans diu, Gemitu querelam traxit, et sic orsus est : — « Christum loquenti lingua numquam defuit ; Nec verba quaeras quo regantur organo, Quum praedicatur ipse verborum dator. Qui fecit, ut vis vocis expressa intimo Pulmone, et oris torta sub testudine, Nunc ex palato det repercussos sonos ; Nunc temperetur dentium de pectine, Sitque his agendis lingua plectrum mobile, Si mandet idem, faucium sic fistula Spirare flatu concinentes consono, Ut verba in ipsis explicent meatibus, Vel exitu oris cymbalis profarier, Nunc pressa parce labra, nunc hiantia. Dubitasne verti posse naturae statum, Cui facta forma est, qualis esset primitus? Hanc nempe factor vertere, ut libet, potest, Datasque leges texere ac retexere,.

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Perist. 10.897 (Lanfranchi 1:lines 897–928; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-peristephanon/10-897). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged). No public-domain English was used; FOTC 43 is not available, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.

Summary: Romanus points to Christ’s walking on the sea and his healing miracles, of which his own speech is a proof; the bewildered prefect accuses the physician of having been bribed to cut badly.

• Matt 14:25; Isa 35:5–6; Matt 11:5. A footnote was removed; the last line is read ‘probat’ by sense.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout, stray line numbers, note marks, footnotes and running heads removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Linguam loquela n<' ministram postulet. \'is Bcire oostri numinis potentiam? Fluctus liquentis aequoris pressrl pede: Natura fluxa ac tenuis in Bolidum coit, Quam dispar illis legibus, §ois condita est, ' Solet natatus ferre, fert vestigia. Eabet nsitatum munus hoc divinitas, Quae v<r;i nobis colitur in Christo et Patre, Mutis loquelam, percitum claudis gradum, Surdis fruendam reddere audientiam, Donare caecis lucis insuetae diem. Vel ipse tute >i parum fidelia Bebare pridem, vera cognoscas licet; (■',) profarier nupafuyt^n. Eabes loquentem, cuius amputaveras Linguam : probatis cede iam miraculis. » — Horror stupentem persecutorein subit, Timorque et ira pectus in caliginem Vertfire : nescit, vigilet anne somniet : Miratur haerens, quod sit ostenti genus. Formido frangit; armat indignatio. Nec vim domare mentis efirenae potest, Nec quo furoris tela vertat invenit. Postremo medicum saevus insontem iubet Reum citari : nundinatum bunc arguit, Mercede certa pactus ut conluderet: Aut ferrum in ore nil agens et irritum Versasse frustra, seu retunsis actibus, Aut arte quadam vulnus illatum breve, Quod sauciata parte linguam laederet, Nervos nec omnes usquequaque abscideret; Manere salvam vocis harmoniam probae, 976 → Linguam loquela ne ministram postulet. Vis scire nostri numinis potentiam? Fluctus liquentis aequoris pressit pede: Natura fluxa ac tenuis in solidum coit, Quam dispar illis legibus, quis condita est, Solet natatus ferre, fert vestigia. Habet usitatum munus hoc divinitas, Quae vera nobis colitur in Christo et Patre, Mutis loquelam, percitum claudis gradum, Surdis fruendam reddere audientiam, Donare caecis lucis insuetae diem. Vel ipse tute, si parum fidelia Rebare pridem, vera cognoscas licet; Habes loquentem, cuius amputaveras Linguam : probatis cede iam miraculis. » — Horror stupentem persecutorem subit, Timorque et ira pectus in caliginem Vertere : nescit, vigilet anne somniet : Miratur haerens, quod sit ostenti genus. Formido frangit; armat indignatio. Nec vim domare mentis effrenae potest, Nec quo furoris tela vertat invenit. Postremo medicum saevus insontem iubet Reum citari : nundinatum hunc arguit, Mercede certa pactus ut conluderet: Aut ferrum in ore nil agens et irritum Versasse frustra, seu retunsis actibus, Aut arte quadam vulnus illatum breve, Quod sauciata parte linguam laederet, Nervos nec omnes usquequaque abscideret; Manere salvam vocis harmoniam probat,.

Topics: Martyrdom, Christology

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Perist. 10.929 (Lanfranchi 1:lines 929–960; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-peristephanon/10-929). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged). No public-domain English was used; FOTC 43 is not available, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.

Summary: The physician Aristo proves he cut out the whole tongue and cannot explain how the mute man speaks; the prefect suspects the blood is not Romanus’ own, and Romanus answers that it is his true blood, not bull’s blood like that of the pagan rites.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout, stray line numbers, note marks, footnotes and running heads removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Non posse inani concavo verba exprimi, Quae concrepare ligula moderatrix facit. Esto, ut resultet spiritas vacuo specu, Echo sed exstat inde, non oratio. Veris refiitat medicua hanc calamniam: Scrntare vel tn nunc latebras faucium, rntraqne dentes curiosum pollicem Circumfer, baustus vel patentes 1 1 > inspice, Lateat ne quidquam, quod regat spiramina. Quamquam forassem forte si puncto levi, Tenuive Linguam contdgissem vulnere, Titubante plectro fatns i debilis. Nam, quum magistra vocis in vitiuin cadit, 3 neeesse estel loquendi intercidat. Fiat perlclum, si placet, cuiusmodi Edat querelam quadrupes, lingna eruta, Elingui8 et quem porca grunnitnm strepat, Cui vox fragosa, clamor est inconditus : Probabo mutam n!l sonare stridulum. Testor salutem principis, me simplici Functum secantis arte, iudex optime, Servisse iussis absque fraudo publicis. Sciat hic quis illi verba suggillet Deus; Ego, unde mutus sit disertus, nescio. » — His sese Aristo purgat; at contra impiuin Nil haec latrouem Christianorum movent. Blagis magisque fertur in vesaniam: Quaerit alienus sanguis ille adsperserit Virum, suo ne fluxerit de vulnere. Kespondit his Komanvs: — « Eccum, praesto sum : Meus iste sanguis verus cst, non bubulus ; Agnoscis illum, quem loquor, miserrime → Non posse inani concavo verba exprimi, Quae concrepare ligula moderatrix facit. Esto, ut resultet spiritus vacuo specu, Echo sed exstat inde, non oratio. Veris refutat medicus hanc calumniam: — « Scrutare vel tu nunc latebras faucium, Intraque dentes curiosum pollicem Circumfer, haustus vel patentes inspice, Lateat ne quidquam, quod regat spiramina. Quamquam forassem forte si puncto levi, Tenuive linguam contigissem vulnere, Titubante plectro fatus esset debilis. Nam, quum magistra vocis in vitium cadit, Omnis necesse est vis loquendi intercidat. Fiat periclum, si placet, cuiusmodi Edat querelam quadrupes, lingua eruta, Elinguis et quem porca grunnitum strepat, Cui vox fragosa, clamor est inconditus : Probabo mutam nil sonare stridulum. Testor salutem principis, me simplici Functum secantis arte, iudex optime, Servisse iussis absque fraude publicis. Sciat hic quis illi verba suggerat Deus; Ego, unde mutus sit disertus, nescio. » — His sese Aristo purgat; at contra impium Nil haec latronem Christianorum movent. Magis magisque fertur in vesaniam: Quaerit alienus sanguis ille adsperserit Virum, suo ne fluxerit de vulnere. Respondit his Romanus: — « Eccum, praesto sum : Meus iste sanguis verus est, non bubulus ; Agnoscis illum, quem loquor, miserrime.

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Perist. 10.961 (Lanfranchi 1:lines 961–992; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-peristephanon/10-961). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged). No public-domain English was used; FOTC 43 is not available, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.

Summary: Romanus describes the taurobolium, in which the pagan high priest stands in a pit beneath a perforated platform and is drenched with the blood of a slaughtered bull.

• The rite described is the taurobolium of the cult of Cybele. Restored from a garbled scan by one logged correction.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout, stray line numbers, note marks, footnotes and running heads removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Pagane, vestri sanguinem sacrum bovis, Cuius litata caede permadescitis ? Summus sacerdos nempe, sub terram scrobe Acta, in profundum consecrandus mergitur, Mire infulatus, festa vittis tempora fcens, corona tum ropexns aurea, Cinctu Gabino sericam fnltns togam. Tabnlis snperne strata texnnt pnlpita, Rimosa rari pegmatia compagibus, Scindunt snbinde vel terebranl aream, Crebroqne lignnm perforanl acumine, ..t niiiiiiii.s ut frequens biatibus. IFik' tanrns ingens, fronte torva el hispida, Sertis revinctns ant per armos floreis, Anl impeditis cornibns, dedncitnr : N ■■ non et anro frons cornscal hostiae, -■iue fulgor bractealis iuficit. L025 II ■-. ut statuta est immolanda bellna, Pectns sacrata dividunt venabula: Ernctal amplnm vuluus nndam sanguinis Perventis, inque texta pontis subditi 1'iiinlit vaporum fihmen, et late aestuat. Tuni per frequentes mille rimarum vias fnlapsus imber, tabidnm rorem pluit, Defoasus intus quem sacerdos excipit. Guttas ad omnes tnrpe snbiectans caput, Kt veste et omne putefactus corpore. Quin os supinat, obvias offert genas, Supponit aures, labra, nares obiicit, Oculos et ipsos perlu.it liquoribns; Nec iain palato ]»arcit, et lingnam rigat, Donec cruorera totus atrum combibat. → Pagane, vestri sanguinem sacrum bovis, Cuius litata caede permadescitis ? Summus sacerdos nempe, sub terram scrobe Acta, in profundum consecrandus mergitur, Mire infulatus, festa vittis tempora Nectens, corona tum repexus aurea, Cinctu Gabino sericam fultus togam. Tabulis superne strata texunt pulpita, Rimosa rari pegmatis compagibus, Scindunt subinde vel terebrant aream, Crebroque lignum perforant acumine, Pateat minutis ut frequens hiatibus. Huc taurus ingens, fronte torva et hispida, Sertis revinctus aut per armos floreis, Aut impeditis cornibus, deducitur : Nec non et auro frons coruscat hostiae, Saetasque fulgor bractealis inficit. Hic, ut statuta est immolanda bellua, Pectus sacrato dividunt venabulo: Eructat amplum vulnus undam sanguinis Ferventis, inque texta pontis subditi Fundit vaporum flumen, et late aestuat. Tum per frequentes mille rimarum vias Inlapsus imber, tabidum rorem pluit, Defossus intus quem sacerdos excipit. Guttas ad omnes turpe subiectans caput, Et veste et omni putrefactus corpore. Quin os supinat, obvias offert genas, Supponit aures, labra, nares obiicit, Oculos et ipsos perluit liquoribus; Nec iam palato parcit, et linguam rigat, Donec cruorem totus atrum combibat..

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Perist. 10.993 (Lanfranchi 1:lines 993–1024; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-peristephanon/10-993). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged). No public-domain English was used; FOTC 43 is not available, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.

Summary: Romanus continues: the blood-soaked priest is adored by all; the pagans also offer hecatombs, and the devotees of Cybele slash their arms and castrate themselves.

• The self-wounding and castration of the Galli of Cybele, as the poet describes them.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout, stray line numbers, note marks, footnotes and running heads removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Postquam cadaver sanguine egesto rigens, Compage ab illa fl^mines retraxerint, Procedit inde pontifex, visu horridus, Ostentat udum verticem, barbam gravem, Vittas madentes, atque amictus ebrios. Jlunc inquinatum talibus contagiis. Tabo recentis sordidum piaculi, Qmnes salutant atquo adorant eminus, Vilis quod illum sanguis et bos mortuua Focdis latentem sub cavernis laverint. Addamus illam, vis, hecatoinben tuam? Centena ferro quum cadunt animalia, Variaque abundans caede restagnat cruor, Vix ut cruentis augures natatibus Possint meare per profundum sanguinis. Sed quid macellum pingue pulvinarium, Quid maximorum lancinatoros gregum, Eviscerata carne crudos criminor? Sunt sacra, quando vosinet ipsi exciditis, Votivus et quum membra detruncat dolor. 1 1 M »1 1 Cultrum in lacertos exserit fanaticus, Sectisque Matrem brachiis placat deam, Furere ac rotari ius putatur mysticum : Parca ad secandum dextra fertur impia, Caelum meretur vulnerum crudelitas. \m hic metenda dedicat genitalia, Numen reciso mitigans ab inguine; Offert pndendnm Bemivir donum tieae: Illam, revulsa iiiasciiHiii germinia Vena, effluenti pascit auctam sanguine. Uterque sexus Banctitati displicet, Medium retentai inter alternum genus: → Postquam cadaver sanguine egesto rigens Compage ab illa flamines retraxerint, Procedit inde pontifex, visu horridus, Ostentat udum verticem, barbam gravem, Vittas madentes, atque amictus ebrios. Hunc inquinatum talibus contagiis, Tabo recentis sordidum piaculi, Omnes salutant atque adorant eminus, Vilis quod illum sanguis et bos mortuus Foedis latentem sub cavernis laverint. Addamus illam, vis, hecatomben tuam? Centena ferro quum cadunt animalia, Variaque abundans caede restagnat cruor, Vix ut cruentis augures natatibus Possint meare per profundum sanguinis. Sed quid macellum pingue pulvinarium, Quid maximorum lancinatores gregum, Eviscerata carne crudos criminor? Sunt sacra, quando vosmet ipsi exciditis, Votivus et quum membra detruncat dolor. Cultrum in lacertos exserit fanaticus, Sectisque Matrem brachiis placat deam, Furere ac rotari ius putatur mysticum : Parca ad secandum dextra fertur impia, Caelum meretur vulnerum crudelitas. Ast hic metenda dedicat genitalia, Numen reciso mitigans ab inguine; Offert pudendum semivir donum deae: Illam, revulsa masculini germinis Vena, effluenti pascit auctam sanguine. Uterque sexus sanctitati displicet, Medium retentat inter alternum genus:.

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Perist. 10.1025 (Lanfranchi 1:lines 1025–1056; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-peristephanon/10-1025). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged). No public-domain English was used; FOTC 43 is not available, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.

Summary: Romanus ends his account of pagan self-mutilation and branding, contrasting them with the Christians’ blood shed only by persecutors, and foretells his end; the judge orders him strangled.

• The first line is damaged in the scan and read by sense.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout, stray line numbers, note marks, footnotes and running heads removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): t Qle, nec fii femina. I-viix deornm Mater imberbes sil>i Parat ministros laenibus novaculis. t,»uiJ . quum sacrandus accipit sphragitidas? Acu8 minntas ingerunt fornacibus: His membra pergunt urere, ut igniverint: '.fuamcumque partem corporis fervens nota Stigmarit, hanc sic consecratam praedicant. Functum deinde quum reliquit spiritus, Kt ad sepulcrum pompa fertur funeris, per ipsas imprimuntur bracteae; tnsignis auri lamina obducit cutem, Tegitur metallo, quod perustum est ignibus. 1 ' >85 Ilas ferre poenas rocritur g-cntilitas : liar dii cocrcent lege cultores suos: Sic daemon ipso ludit hos, quos ceperit, Docet exsecrandas ferre contumelias, Tormenta inuri mandat infelicibus. 10'.u' At noster iste sanguis ex vestra lluit Crudelitate : vos tyrannide impia Kxulceratis innocentum corpora. Si vos sinatis, incruente vivimus; At si cruente puniamur, vincimus. 1093 Sed iam silebo : finis instat debituSj Finis malorum, passionis gloria : Iam non licebit, improbe, ut licuit modo, Torquere nostra vel secare viscora ; Cedas necesse est victus et iam desinas. Cessabit equidem tortor et sector dehinc. » — Iudex minatur : — « sed peremptoris manus Succedet illis strangulatrix faucium ; Aliter silere nescit oris garruli → Idem ut nec vir sit ille, nec sit femina. Felix deorum Mater imberbes sibi Parat ministros laevibus novaculis. Quid, quum sacrandus accipit sphragitidas? Acus minutas ingerunt fornacibus: His membra pergunt urere, ut igniverint: Quamcumque partem corporis fervens nota Stigmarit, hanc sic consecratam praedicant. Functum deinde quum reliquit spiritus, Et ad sepulcrum pompa fertur funeris, Partes per ipsas imprimuntur bracteae; Insignis auri lamina obducit cutem, Tegitur metallo, quod perustum est ignibus. Has ferre poenas cogitur gentilitas : Hac dii coercent lege cultores suos: Sic daemon ipse ludit hos, quos ceperit, Docet exsecrandas ferre contumelias, Tormenta inuri mandat infelicibus. At noster iste sanguis ex vestra fluit Crudelitate : vos tyrannide impia Exulceratis innocentum corpora. Si vos sinatis, incruente vivimus; At si cruente puniamur, vincimus. Sed iam silebo : finis instat debitus, Finis malorum, passionis gloria : Iam non licebit, improbe, ut licuit modo, Torquere nostra vel secare viscera ; Cedas necesse est victus et iam desinas. Cessabit equidem tortor et sector dehinc. » — Iudex minatur : — « Sed peremptoris manus Succedet illis strangulatrix faucium ; Aliter silere nescit oris garruli.

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Perist. 10.1057 (Lanfranchi 1:lines 1057–1088; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-peristephanon/10-1057). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged). No public-domain English was used; FOTC 43 is not available, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.

Summary: Romanus is strangled in prison; the prefect’s records perish with time, but an angel recorded every word and wound in the heavenly book to be read at the judgment, and the poet hopes that Romanus will intercede to move him from the goats to the lambs.

• Matt 25:31–33; Mal 3:16; Rev 20:12. The editor’s prose argument of Peristephanon 11 leaked after the last line and was removed; line 10 is damaged in the scan and read by sense.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR text badly garbled: clear slips corrected throughout, stray line numbers, note marks, footnotes and running heads removed (readings restored by sense are named in the notes)): Vox inquieta, quam tubam si fregero. » — Dixit, foroque protrahi iussit virum, Trudi in tenebras noxialis carceris : Elidit illic fune collum martyris Lictor nefandus. Sic peracta est passio; Anima absoluta vinculis caelum petit. Gesta intimasse cuncta fertur Principi Praefectus, addens ordinem voluminum, Seriemque tantae digerens tragoediae. tus omne crimen in fasces referl Siiinn tyrannus chartalia vivacibus. llaa 8ed aetaa conficit diatina; Fuligo fuscat, pulvia obducil situ, Carpit senectas, ;uit ruinis < >l»ruit : nscripta Christo pagina immortalis est, Nec obsolescil allas in caelis apex. Excepil adstana Angelua coram 1 1 Bt qaae locatoa njartyr, et qoae pertolit; erba solum disserentis condidit, Sed ipsa pingens vulnera eipressit stilo, rnm, ^enarum, pectorisque, el fauci • Omnis notata esi sanguinie dimensio, Tt quamque plagam sulcus ezaraverit, Altam, patentem, proximam, longam, brevem: Quae vis doloris, quive segmenti modus, Guttam cruoris ille nullam perdidit. Hic in regestis ost liber caelestibus , Monumenta servans laudis indelebilis, Relegendus olim sempiterno iudici: Libramine aequo qui malorum pondera, Et praemiorum comparabit copias. Vellem, sinister inter haedorum groges, Ut sum futurus, eminus dinoscerer; Atque, hoc precante, diceret Rux optimus : Romanvs orat; transfer huc haedum mihi: Sit dexter agnus, induatur vellere. iivmws xr petirisset, Valeriai uorum Ilymnum finit dio festo (.ommemorato, S. Martyris, qui maximo → Vox inquieta, quam tubam si fregero. » — Dixit, foroque protrahi iussit virum, Trudi in tenebras noxialis carceris : Elidit illic fune collum martyris Lictor nefandus. Sic peracta est passio; Anima absoluta vinculis caelum petit. Gesta intimasse cuncta fertur Principi Praefectus, addens ordinem voluminum, Seriemque tantae digerens tragoediae. Notansque omne crimen in fasces refert Suum tyrannus chartulis vivacibus. Has sed vetustas conficit diutina; Fuligo fuscat, pulvis obducit situ, Carpit senectus, aut ruinis obruit : Inscripta Christo pagina immortalis est, Nec obsolescit ullus in caelis apex. Excepit adstans Angelus coram Deo Et quae locutus martyr, et quae pertulit; Nec verba solum disserentis condidit, Sed ipsa pingens vulnera expressit stilo, Laterum, genarum, pectoris, et faucium : Omnis notata est sanguinis dimensio, Ut quamque plagam sulcus exaraverit, Altam, patentem, proximam, longam, brevem: Quae vis doloris, quive segmenti modus, Guttam cruoris ille nullam perdidit. Hic in regestis est liber caelestibus, Monumenta servans laudis indelebilis, Relegendus olim sempiterno iudici: Libramine aequo qui malorum pondera, Et praemiorum comparabit copias. Vellem, sinister inter haedorum greges, Ut sum futurus, eminus dinoscerer; Atque, hoc precante, diceret Rex optimus : Romanus orat; transfer huc haedum mihi: Sit dexter agnus, induatur vellere..

Topics: Martyrdom, Eschatology, Prayer

Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Perist. 10.1089 (Lanfranchi 1:lines 1089–1125; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-peristephanon/10-1089). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Lanfranchi's edition (Turin, 1898; OCR, corrections logged). No public-domain English was used; FOTC 43 is not available, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.