Prudentius
Roman writer
b. 348 · d. c. 413
Aurelius Prudentius Clemens was a Roman Christian poet, born in the Roman province of Tarraconensis in 348. He probably died in the Iberian Peninsula some time after 405, possibly around 413. The place of his birth is uncertain, but it may have been Caesaraugusta (Zaragoza), Tarraco (Tarragona), or Calagurris (Calahorra).
Works
- Psychomachia
- Liber Peristephanon
- Dittochaeon
- apotheosis
- Contra Symmachum
- Cathemerinon
- Hamartigenia
- praefationes
- epilogus
- Salvete, flores martyrum
- Ales diei nuntius
- Nox et tenebrae et nubila
- Lux ecce surgit aurea
- Cultor Dei memento
- Beate Martyr, prospera
- Now while the herald bird of day
- Quicunque Christum quaeritis
- Ades, Pater supreme
Events
Places
- Calagurris birth
- Caesaraugusta birth
- Calahorra birth
- Rome ministry
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- De Viris Illustribus (the continuation of Jerome) 1 claim — Prudentius writes the Crowns of Martyrdom