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
Prudentius, bishop of Troyes, definitely states that he was of Irish extraction.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
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
Apart from the biblical glosses and scholia the other chief texts or authors provided with Irish glosses are Augustine, Bede, the Canons, the Computus, Eutychius, Juvencus, Philargyrius, Prudentius and Servius.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
Boethius was their great classic; while Prudentius, Sedulius, and Fortunius, carried the votes against Virgil, Horace, and even Ovid; though Ovid was in some favour for his marvellous Romance.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
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