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E00881: Prudentius, in his Latin Crowns of the Martyrs (Peristephanon), written c. 400 in Calahorra (northern Spain), in a poem on *Vincent (deacon and martyr of Saragossa and Valencia, S00290), describes veneration of Vincent by the people during his recovery from torture. Some of them soak up his blood on cloths, to then use them as protection for their families.
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posted on 2015-11-24, 00:00 authored by mszadaLiber Peristephanon, Poem V.333-344
After being tortured and imprisoned, Vincent is entrusted to the people of the city, to recover before undergoing further tortures.
Coire toto ex oppido
turbam fidelem cerneres
335 mollire praefultum torum
siccare cruda uulnera.
Ille ungularum duplices
sulcos pererrat osculis,
hic purpurantem corporis
340 gaudet cruorem lambere.
Plerique uestem linteam
stillante fingunt sanguine,
tutamen ut sacrum suis
domi reseruent posteris.
'From the whole town a throng of the faithful might be seen gathering, making a soft bed furnished with supports, and wiping dry the bleeding wounds. One covers with kisses the double cuts made by the claws, another eagerly licks the red gore on the body. Many wet a linen garment with the drops of blood, to lay it up at home as a holy protection for their descendants.'
Text: Cunningham 1966: 305-306. Thomson 1953: 188-189, lightly adapted.
After being tortured and imprisoned, Vincent is entrusted to the people of the city, to recover before undergoing further tortures.
Coire toto ex oppido
turbam fidelem cerneres
335 mollire praefultum torum
siccare cruda uulnera.
Ille ungularum duplices
sulcos pererrat osculis,
hic purpurantem corporis
340 gaudet cruorem lambere.
Plerique uestem linteam
stillante fingunt sanguine,
tutamen ut sacrum suis
domi reseruent posteris.
'From the whole town a throng of the faithful might be seen gathering, making a soft bed furnished with supports, and wiping dry the bleeding wounds. One covers with kisses the double cuts made by the claws, another eagerly licks the red gore on the body. Many wet a linen garment with the drops of blood, to lay it up at home as a holy protection for their descendants.'
Text: Cunningham 1966: 305-306. Thomson 1953: 188-189, lightly adapted.