LAUDES DOMINI. - Anonymous short poem from the beginning of the 4th century, the work of a rhetorician of Flavia Aeduorum (= Autun) who in 148 hexameters composed: « L. D. cum miraculo quod accidit in Aeduico ».
A widower, when he was laid in the tomb, was greeted by his wife, who had long since died. This miracle provides the occasion to speak of the approach of the divine Judgment and to deliver a panegyric in honor of Christ, creator and savior of the world. It was written between 316 and 323, with imitations of Virgil and Ovid. It is preserved in a single 9th-century manuscript from Paris.
Bibliography4 worksThe text is found twice in PL 19, 379-86; 61, 1901-04. The best edition, however, is that of W. Brandes, Über das frühchristliche Gedicht «
BIBL.: The text is found twice in PL 19, 379-86; 61, 1901-04. The best edition, however, is that of W. Brandes, Über das frühchristliche Gedicht « L. D. », Braunschweig 1887, with commentary. Studies: M. Manitius, Geschichte der christlich-lateinischen Poesie, Stuttgart 1891, pp. 42-44; Moricea, II, II, p. 788 ff.; G. Bardy, in Mém. de l'Acad. de Dijon 1933, p. 306 ff., puts forward the hypothesis that Relicius of Lyon would be the person presupposed in the miracle.
Peterson, Erik. “Laudes Domini.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 957. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/laudes-domini.
MLA
Peterson, Erik. “Laudes Domini.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 957. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/laudes-domini.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec7_laudes_domini,
author = {Peterson, Erik},
title = {Laudes Domini},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {957},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/laudes-domini}
}
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