Prudentius
Britishnoun
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The Roman poet Prudentius took the struggle inward, into “the cave of the breast.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
As Asclepiades the judge in Prudentius** styles St. Romanus the martyr, Arch-magician.
From Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix by Taylor, Thomas
Prudentius, calls Peter the first disciple of God, 61.
From St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture by Allies, Thomas W.
The anecdote of Prudentius evidently proves that what originally had been intended for the instruction of the people, may very easily become an object of their adoration.
From A Treatise on Relics by Calvin, John
Prudentius spins out the story into two hundred and fifteen lines, with endless rhetorical and poetical amplification.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George
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