Juvencus

Juvencus was a Spanish priest and the first Christian to write a Latin epic. His Four Books of the Gospels retell the story of Matthew's Gospel, with additions from the other Gospels, in Virgilian hexameters, finished about AD 330.

Dates

fl. ca. 330 (approximate)

See or city

Spain (probable)

Region

Spain

Also known as

Gaius Vettius Aquilinus Juvencus

Notes

Jerome calls him a Spanish priest of noble family.

Works

• Four Books of the GospelsEvangeliorum libri quattuor · ca. 330 · CPL 1385 (not yet checked)