Published: Oct. 16, 2019
“Narrating the Saints: Paulinus of Nola and the Beginning of Verse Hagiography.”

Michael Roberts, Robert Rich Professor Emeritus Wesleyan University

 

“Prof. Roberts will explore the Natalicia (Birthday Poems) of Paulinus of Nola, written in a continuous sequence between the years 395 and 407 for the annual festival of St. Felix of Nola. They constitute a remarkable, extremely varied cycle of verses. Among other claims to fame they were the first written for a non-martyred saint and the first to versify a saint’s miracles.

 

Wednesday, October 16
HLMS 211 at 5:00 PM

 

“Prof. Roberts will explore the Natalicia (Birthday Poems) of Paulinus of Nola, written in a continuous sequence between the years 395 and 407 for the annual festival of St. Felix of Nola. They constitute a remarkable, extremely varied cycle of verses. Among other claims to fame they were the first written for a non-martyred saint and the first to versify a saint’s miracles.

 

Michael Roberts
 

 

 

 

                                

 

This lecture is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Center for Arts and Humanities; the Benson Center for Western Civilization; the Classics Department; and the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies.

 

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