Juvencus

About the year 330, Juvencus, a Spaniard, wrote the evangelical history in heroic verse.

Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. Various

The poem is skilfully written and is more original than that of Juvencus.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

St. Jerome tells us that Juvencus composed another, shorter,

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Other traces of symbolism have been found in Juvencus, the most notable being the significance attached to the gifts of the Magi -- the incense offered to the God, the gold to the King, the myrrh to the Man.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

The Bible text which Juvencus paraphrased was of course an ancient one.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

In the prologue Juvencus announces that he wishes to meet the lying tales of the pagan poets, Homer and Virgil, with the glories of the true Faith.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

The two best editions of Juvencus are those of Marold (Leipzig, 1886) in the "Bibliotheca Teubneriana", and of Hümer (Vienna, 1891) in the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Likewise we approve Orosius; 24. … the works of Sedulius; 25. … the works of Juvencus.

A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905

Juvencus, put the Gospel narrative into respectable hexameters, which are still extant.

Latin Literature 1902

The classics were allowed to perish, and their place was taken by Christian poets such as Prudentius or Juvencus, by moralizations of Aesop, patchwork compositions known as 'centos' on Scriptural themes, and the like.

The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London 1901