The Fates of the Apostles

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The Fates of the Apostles is an Old English religious poem, traditionally attributed to the Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf, that briefly recounts the lives and martyrdoms of Christ’s apostles.

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The Fates of the Apostles canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian poem
Old English poem
religious poem
associatedWith Exeter Book
surface form: Cynewulfian corpus
attributedTo Cynewulf
author Cynewulf
authorshipStatus traditionally attributed
centuryOfComposition 9th century
contains Cynewulfian runic signature
countryOfOrigin Anglo-Saxon England
focusesOn Apostles
surface form: Christ’s apostles
form alliterative verse
genre hagiographical poetry
religious poetry
hasSetting various locations of apostolic missions
includes catalogue of apostles
influencedBy Latin hagiography
biblical tradition
intendedAudience Christian monastic communities
language Old English
length short poem
literaryCategory Old English religious verse
literaryDevice alliteration
epithet
formulaic diction
literaryPeriod Old English
surface form: Old English period
literaryTradition Anglo-Saxon literature
manuscript Vercelli Book
manuscriptLocation Vercelli
surface form: Vercelli, Italy
meter Old English alliterative meter
narrativeMode brief accounts
portrays deaths of apostles
sufferings of apostles
preservedIn Vercelli Book
relatedWorkByAuthor Christ II
Elene
Juliana
Ascension of Jesus
surface form: The Ascension (Christ II)
religiousAffiliation Latin Church tradition
religiousContext Christianity
religiousFunction didactic
religiousGenre saints’ lives
scholarlyDebate authorship and dating
script Latin alphabet
subject lives of the apostles
martyrdoms of the apostles
theme Christian witness
apostolic mission
martyrdom

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Cynewulf notableWork The Fates of the Apostles
Vercelli Book contains The Fates of the Apostles