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Liber Peristephanon

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Fourteen hymns celebrating the Roman martyrs — their sufferings, their courage, and their shrines. Prudentius creates a specifically Christian heroic poetry, replacing epic warriors with witnesses for the faith.

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  • Hymnus in honorem Sanctorum Martyrum Emeterii et Chelidonii Calagurritanorum.

    A hymn celebrating a Christian martyr — their suffering, courage, and triumph — in Prudentius' great collection of martyrs' crowns.

    120 lines
  • Hymnus in honorem Passionis Laurentii Beatissimi Martyris.

    A hymn celebrating a Christian martyr — their suffering, courage, and triumph — in Prudentius' great collection of martyrs' crowns.

    584 lines
  • Hymnus in honorem Passionis Eulaliae Beatissimae Martyris.

    A hymn celebrating a Christian martyr — their suffering, courage, and triumph — in Prudentius' great collection of martyrs' crowns.

    215 lines
  • Hymnus in honorem Sanctorum Decem et Octo Martyrum Caesaraugustanorum.

    A hymn celebrating a Christian martyr — their suffering, courage, and triumph — in Prudentius' great collection of martyrs' crowns.

    200 lines
  • Passio Sancti Vincenti Martyris.

    A hymn celebrating a Christian martyr — their suffering, courage, and triumph — in Prudentius' great collection of martyrs' crowns.

    576 lines
  • Hymnus in honorem Beatissimorum Martyrum Fructuosi Episcopi Ecclesiae Tarraconensis, et Augurii et Eulogii Diaconorum.

    A hymn celebrating a Christian martyr — their suffering, courage, and triumph — in Prudentius' great collection of martyrs' crowns.

    162 lines
  • Hymnus in honorem Quirini Martyris, Episcopi Ecclesiae Siscianae.

    A hymn celebrating a Christian martyr — their suffering, courage, and triumph — in Prudentius' great collection of martyrs' crowns.

    90 lines
  • De loco in quo Martyres passi sunt, nunc baptisterium est Calagurri.

    A hymn celebrating a Christian martyr — their suffering, courage, and triumph — in Prudentius' great collection of martyrs' crowns.

    18 lines
  • Passio Sancti Cassiani Forocorneliensis.

    A hymn celebrating a Christian martyr — their suffering, courage, and triumph — in Prudentius' great collection of martyrs' crowns.

    106 lines
  • Sancti Romani Martyris contra Gentiles Dicta.1

    A hymn celebrating a Christian martyr — their suffering, courage, and triumph — in Prudentius' great collection of martyrs' crowns.

    1140 lines
  • Ad Valerianum Episcopum de passione Hippolyti Beatissimi Martyris.

    A hymn celebrating a Christian martyr — their suffering, courage, and triumph — in Prudentius' great collection of martyrs' crowns.

    246 lines
  • Passio Apostolorum Petri et Pauli.

    A hymn celebrating a Christian martyr — their suffering, courage, and triumph — in Prudentius' great collection of martyrs' crowns.

    66 lines
  • Passio Cypriani.

    A hymn celebrating a Christian martyr — their suffering, courage, and triumph — in Prudentius' great collection of martyrs' crowns.

    106 lines
  • Passio Agnetis

    A hymn celebrating a Christian martyr — their suffering, courage, and triumph — in Prudentius' great collection of martyrs' crowns.

    133 lines
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