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

Died: 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

Sources

Hymns

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
   • Earth Has Ma­ny a Noble City
   • O Chief of Cities, Bethlehem
10. Salvete flores martyrum
    • All Hail, Ye Little Martyr Flowers
    • Sweet Flow’rets of the Martyr Band