The collaboration of saints as a literary resource in Latin building poetry
Abstract
Poetry describing architecture in Late Antiquity became increasingly popular from the 4th century onwards with the spread of Christianity and the flourishing of places of worship. These poetic texts, found in inscriptions and Latin literary works, fulfil a triple function: commemorative, didactic and doctrinal. On the basis of a collection of epigrams, we analyse the figure of the saint as a literary motif justifying the construction and maintenance of churches. We also describe the main formulations of the theme in their poetic context.
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