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Altus Prosator

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Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Latin hymn

Hymnum dicat turba fratrum

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beg. Hymnum dicat turba fratrum

Hilary of Poitiers

Hilary of Poitiers

(fl. c.315/6–c.367/8)

theologian and bishop of Poitiers (el. 353), who campaigned against Arianism and has the reputation of being the first writer of Latin hymns, who composed a Liber hymnorum, although few texts are extant. He appears to have been held in high esteem in medieval Ireland.

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An early metrical Latin hymn (35 qq) on the life of Christ, written in trochaic tetrameter and attributed to St Hilary (fl. 4th century). The text is attested in a 7th-century Irish manuscript, the Bangor antiphoner, and became one of the most popular hymns in medieval Ireland.

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Hiberno-Latin literature and learning / to c.1169

Misc. / Irish authorship or influence uncertain or disputed

Misc. / liturgical and devotional / prayers and hymns

Misc. / religious literature / theology and exegesis

theological and exegetical literature / patristic literature

Language

Latin