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E00883: Prudentius, in his Latin Crowns of the Martyrs (Peristephanon), written c. 400 in Calahorra (northern Spain), in a poem on *Vincent (deacon and martyr of Saragossa and Valencia, S00290), tells of attempts to prevent the posthumous veneration of the body of the saint.
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posted on 2015-11-24, 00:00 authored by mszadaLiber Peristephanon, Poem V.383-392
Vincent dies during a recovery from his tortures, granted to him by the governor. The governor is furious:
"Euasit exultans" ait
"rebellis et palmam tulit.
"Sed restat illud ultimum,
inferre poenam mortuo
feris cadauer tradere
canibusue carpendum dare.
Iam nunc et ossa extinxero,
ne sit sepulcrum funeris,
quod plebs gregalis excolat
titulumque figat martyris."
'"He has escaped in triumph," he cries; "refusing to submit, he has carried off the victory. But still the last resource remains, to punish him even in death, to deliver his body to the wild beasts or give it to the dogs to tear. Forthwith I shall utterly destroy even his bones, so that his corpse shall have no grave for the common herd to venerate and set on it a martyr's epitaph (titulus martyris)."'
The governor's plan fails, because a raven frightens away the wild beasts. There follows another attempt - Vincent's body is thrown into the see, but is miraculously carried to the shore and finds veneration there - see $E00884.
Text: Cunningham 1966: 307. Translation: Thomson 1953, 191-193. Summary: M. Tycner.
Vincent dies during a recovery from his tortures, granted to him by the governor. The governor is furious:
"Euasit exultans" ait
"rebellis et palmam tulit.
"Sed restat illud ultimum,
inferre poenam mortuo
feris cadauer tradere
canibusue carpendum dare.
Iam nunc et ossa extinxero,
ne sit sepulcrum funeris,
quod plebs gregalis excolat
titulumque figat martyris."
'"He has escaped in triumph," he cries; "refusing to submit, he has carried off the victory. But still the last resource remains, to punish him even in death, to deliver his body to the wild beasts or give it to the dogs to tear. Forthwith I shall utterly destroy even his bones, so that his corpse shall have no grave for the common herd to venerate and set on it a martyr's epitaph (titulus martyris)."'
The governor's plan fails, because a raven frightens away the wild beasts. There follows another attempt - Vincent's body is thrown into the see, but is miraculously carried to the shore and finds veneration there - see $E00884.
Text: Cunningham 1966: 307. Translation: Thomson 1953, 191-193. Summary: M. Tycner.
History
Evidence ID
E00883Saint Name
Vincent, deacon and martyr of Saragossa and Valencia, ob. c. 305 : S00290Related Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Poems Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdomLanguage
- Latin