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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Fates of the Apostles canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.