Peristephanon (Crowns of Martyrdom)
Peristephanon Liber
Fourteen hymns celebrating Christian martyrs, many local to Prudentius's native Spain, blend classical Latin lyric meter with the emerging cult of relics and pilgrimage that was reshaping how Christians related to sacred space.
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