, one of the first Christian poets, was born of an illustrious family
, one of the
first Christian poets, was born of an illustrious family in
Spain, and lived, according to Jerom, in the time of Constantine, about the year 330. He wrote the “Life of
Christ,
” in Latin verse, in four books, following the four
evangelists faithfully, and almost word by word; but his
poetry is in a bad style, and his Latin not pure. This
work, which is entitled “Historiae Evangelicse, lib. iv.
” may
be found in the library of the Fathers, the “Latin Poets
”
of Venice, Corpus Poetarum.
” The
best edition of it separately is that of Rome, 1792, 4to.