5th Century

Introduction

Born: Prob­ab­ly in Rome.

Biography

In ear­ly life, Se­du­li­us de­vot­ed him­self to hea­then li­te­ra­ture. It is thought he con­vert­ed to Chris­ti­a­ni­ty rel­a­tive­ly late in life, and that his friends in­clud­ed Gal­lie­an­us and Per­pe­tua.

His works were col­lect­ed af­ter his death by As­ter­i­us, who was con­sul in 494. They in­clude:

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