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 theNatalicia(Birthday Poems) of Paulinus of Nola, written in a continuous sequence betweenthe 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 theNatalicia(Birthday Poems) of Paulinus of Nola, written in a continuous sequence betweenthe 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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