Sedulius

Sedulius was a Latin Christian poet of the mid-fifth century. His Carmen paschale retells the miracles of the Old and New Testaments in hexameters; he later wrote a prose version, the Opus paschale, and two hymns, one of them 'A solis ortus cardine'.

Dates

fl. ca. 425-450 (approximate)

See or city

Italy or Achaia (disputed)

Region

Italy

Also known as

Coelius Sedulius; Sedulius the poet

Notes

Little is known of his life; his own letter to Macedonius is the main evidence.

Works

• Easter SongCarmen paschale · ca. 425-450 · CPL 1447 (not yet checked)
• Easter Work (prose version of the Easter Song)Opus paschale · ca. 425-450 · CPL 1448 (not yet checked)
• HymnsHymni · ca. 425-450
• Letters to MacedoniusEpistulae ad Macedonium · ca. 425-450