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Prudentius

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Prudentius (Aurelius Clemens Prudentius) (prdĕn`shəs), b. 348, Christian Latin poet, b. Spain. He wrote a number of hymns, occasional Christian lyrics, and poems on saints. Although he held a high place at the Roman court, he eventually retired to devote himself to religion.

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See B. M. Peebles, The Poet Prudentius (1951).


Prudentius
Aurelius Clemens . 348--410 ad, Latin Christian poet, born in Spain. His works include the allegory Psychomachia


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Here Aldus Manutius and others showed great interest in recovering and publishing the works of such early Christian writers as Prudentius, Sedulius, Juvencus, and Lactantius, and Mantuan's own religious poetry both stimulated interest and encouraged further responses to it.
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