348, Spain (ei­ther at Sar­a­gos­sa, Tar­ra­go­na, or Cal­a­hor­ra).

Probably around 413.

Prudentius (whose name is some­times shown with a pre­fix of Marcus), was ev­i­dent­ly born in­to the up­per class. Af­ter work­ing as a law­yer, he served a judge. At age 57, he re­tired and be­gan to write sac­red po­et­ry. His works in­clude:

• Liber Cath­e­mer­inon
• Liber Per­i­steph­anon
• Apotheosis
• Hamartigenia
• Psychomachia
• Libri con­tra Sym­mach­um
• Dittochæon

• Julian, pp. 119, 38, 276, 291, 643, 702, 820, 914, 946, 1587, 1610, 1627, 1689
• Stulken, p. 144

1. Ades Pa­ter Su­preme
   • Be Pre­sent, Ho­ly Fa­ther
   • Father, Most High, Be with Us
   • Toil of Day Is Over, the
2. Ales diei nuntius
   • The Wingèd Her­ald of the Day
3. Beata mar­tyr, pros­pera
   • Blest Mar­tyr, Let Thy Tri­umph Day
4. Corde na­tus ex pa­ren­tis
   • Of the Fa­ther’s Love Be­got­ten
5. Cultor Dei me­men­to
   • Servant of God, Re­mem­ber
6. Deus ig­nee fons an­i­mar­um
   • Ah! Hugh Now Your Mourn­ful Com­plain­ings
   • Be Si­lent, O Sad La­ment­a­tion
   • Cease, Ye Tear­ful Mourn­ers
   • Each Sor­rowful Mourn­er Be Si­lent
   • Father of Spir­its, Whose Di­vine Con­trol
   • Hush, Mother, Too Loud Is Thy Weep­ing
   • No More, Ah, No More Sad Com­plain­ing
   • Now Your Sor­rowful Plaints Should be Hush’d
   • Why Weep Ye, Liv­ing Bro­ther­hood
7. Lux ecce sur­git aurea
   • Lo! Gold­en Light Re­kin­dles Day
8. Nox et ten­e­brae et nu­bi­la
   • Now with Cre­a­tion’s Morn­ing Song
   • Ye Clouds of Dark­ness, Hosts of Night
9. O sola mag­nar­um urb­i­um
   • Bethlehem, of No­blest Ci­ties
   • Earth Has Ma­ny a No­ble Ci­ty
   • O Chief of Ci­ties, Beth­le­hem
10. Salvete flor­es mar­tyr­um
    • All Hail, Ye Lit­tle Mar­tyr Flow­ers
    • Sweet Flow­er­ets of the Mar­tyr Band