1Ausonius’s Easter verses: the Father who gives eternal life, sent the prophets, and gave his Son, equal to him, who joined the Spirit’s work in baptism; the threefold faith.
24Ausonius compares the Trinity with the three emperors who share one rule, and commends them to Christ.
authentic · Authentic; Christian content (Easter, Trinity, the Augusti).
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. 360-395 (approximate) · Written for Proculus; also called the Easter poem (Idyllium 1 in older editions).
Written at
Bordeaux, Gaul (probable)
Language
Latin
Genre
poem
Reference system
line ranges (Migne, PL 19, 31 lines); each ref is the first line of a passage
SBL abbreviation
Vers. pasch.Not yet checked
Clavis
CPL 1427 (not yet checked)
Text from
J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologiae cursus completus, series Latina, vol. 19 (Paris), col. 878 (Printed edition in the public domain; digital text CC BY-SA 4.0)
Critical editions
Decimus Magnus Ausonius, Opera, ed. Rudolf Peiper (Leipzig: Teubner, 1886); Ausonius, Opuscula, ed. Karl Schenkl, MGH Auctores antiquissimi 5.2 (Berlin, 1883) (cited, not reproduced)