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E00921: Prudentius, in his Latin Crowns of the Martyrs (Peristephanon), written c. 400 in Calahorra (northern Spain) in a poem on the martyrdom of *Fructuosus, bishop of Tarragona (north-eastern Spain), and his companions, the deacons Augurius and Eulogius (S00496), describes the gathering of the ashes of the martyrs and cult practices around them.
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posted on 2015-12-02, 00:00 authored by mtycnerLiber Peristephanon, Poem VI.130-141
Tum de corporibus sacris fauillae
et perfusa mero leguntur ossa,
quae raptim sibi quisque uindicabat.
Fratrum tantus amor domum referre
sanctorum cinerum dicata dona
aut gestare sinu fidele pignus.
Sed ne reliquias resuscitandas
et mox cum domino simul futuras
discretis loca diuidant sepulcris,
cernuntur niueis stolis amicti;
mandant restitui cauoque claudi
mixtim marmore puluerem sacrandum.
'Then the glowing ashes and the bones of the sacred bodies were sprinkled with wine and gathered up, each man eagerly taking for himself; such was the desire of the brethren to take home consecrated gifts of the holy ashes, or to carry them in their bosoms as a trusty pledge. But lest remains which must one day be raised up again and then be together with the Lord should be sundered in separate burial places at different spots, the three appeared, clad in snow-white robes, and enjoined that the hallowed dust be given back and enclosed together in a marble chamber.'
Text: Cunningham 1966: 319. Translation: Thomson 1953, 210-213.
Tum de corporibus sacris fauillae
et perfusa mero leguntur ossa,
quae raptim sibi quisque uindicabat.
Fratrum tantus amor domum referre
sanctorum cinerum dicata dona
aut gestare sinu fidele pignus.
Sed ne reliquias resuscitandas
et mox cum domino simul futuras
discretis loca diuidant sepulcris,
cernuntur niueis stolis amicti;
mandant restitui cauoque claudi
mixtim marmore puluerem sacrandum.
'Then the glowing ashes and the bones of the sacred bodies were sprinkled with wine and gathered up, each man eagerly taking for himself; such was the desire of the brethren to take home consecrated gifts of the holy ashes, or to carry them in their bosoms as a trusty pledge. But lest remains which must one day be raised up again and then be together with the Lord should be sundered in separate burial places at different spots, the three appeared, clad in snow-white robes, and enjoined that the hallowed dust be given back and enclosed together in a marble chamber.'
Text: Cunningham 1966: 319. Translation: Thomson 1953, 210-213.
History
Evidence ID
E00921Saint Name
Fructuosus, Auguris and Eulogius, bishop and his two deacons, martyrs of Tarragona (Spain), ob. 259 : S00496Related Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Poems Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdomLanguage
- Latin