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E00783: Prudentius in his Latin Crowns of the Martyrs (Peristephanon), written c. 400 in Calahorra (northern Spain), in a poem on the martyrdom of *Laurence (deacon and martyr of Rome, S00037) tells of *Xystus/Sixtus II (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00201), who at his martyrdom in Rome predicts the approaching martyrdom of his deacon Laurence.
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posted on 2015-10-14, 00:00 authored by mszadaLiber Peristephanon, Poem II.21-32
Prudentius recounts the martyrdom of Laurence:
Fore hoc sacerdos dixerat
iam Xystus adfixus cruci
Laurentium flentem uidens
crucis sub ipso stipite:
25 "Desiste discessu meo
fletum dolenter fundere!
Praecedo, frater; tu quoque
post hoc sequeris triduum."
Extrema uox episcopi,
30 praenuntiatrix gloriae
nihil fefellit: nam dies
praedicta palmam praestitit.
'Xystus the priest had already foretold this [Laurence's martyrdom] when he was fastened to the cross and saw Laurence weeping at the foot of its post. "Shed no more tears in sorrow at my departure," he said. "I go before you, my brother; you too will follow me three days from now." The bishop's last words, predicting Laurence's glory, came true, for the day he foretold set the palm before him.'
Text: Cunningham 1966: 257-258. Translation: Thomson 1953, 108-111.
Prudentius recounts the martyrdom of Laurence:
Fore hoc sacerdos dixerat
iam Xystus adfixus cruci
Laurentium flentem uidens
crucis sub ipso stipite:
25 "Desiste discessu meo
fletum dolenter fundere!
Praecedo, frater; tu quoque
post hoc sequeris triduum."
Extrema uox episcopi,
30 praenuntiatrix gloriae
nihil fefellit: nam dies
praedicta palmam praestitit.
'Xystus the priest had already foretold this [Laurence's martyrdom] when he was fastened to the cross and saw Laurence weeping at the foot of its post. "Shed no more tears in sorrow at my departure," he said. "I go before you, my brother; you too will follow me three days from now." The bishop's last words, predicting Laurence's glory, came true, for the day he foretold set the palm before him.'
Text: Cunningham 1966: 257-258. Translation: Thomson 1953, 108-111.
History
Evidence ID
E00783Saint Name
Xystus II, martyr and bishop of Rome, ob. c. 258 : S00201 Laurence, deacon and martyr of Rome : S00037Saint Name in Source
XystusRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Poems Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdomLanguage
- Latin