Sequence of Saint Eulalia

E98491

Old French poem hagiographic text liturgical sequence medieval literary work religious poem

The Sequence of Saint Eulalia is a 9th-century Old French religious poem, often considered one of the earliest known literary texts in the French language.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sequence of Saint Eulalia canonical	1
torture of Saint Eulalia	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Old French poem ⓘ hagiographic text ⓘ liturgical sequence ⓘ medieval literary work ⓘ religious poem ⓘ
anonymous	true ⓘ
approximateDate	c. 880–882 ⓘ
associatedLanguage	Latin ⓘ
associatedWith	Carolingian Renaissance ⓘ
author	unknown ⓘ
contains	Latin prose account of Saint Eulalia ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ surface form: Frankish Empire
date	9th century ⓘ
features	Christian didactic themes ⓘ early Old French vocabulary ⓘ transition from Latin to vernacular ⓘ
folio	f. 141v ⓘ
genre	hagiography ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ
importance	early example of vernacular religious poetry ⓘ one of the earliest known texts in the French language ⓘ one of the earliest literary texts in Old French ⓘ
language	Old French ⓘ
length	29 lines ⓘ
literaryTradition	French literature ⓘ
liturgicalUse	sequence chant ⓘ
manuscript	Codex 150, Bibliothèque municipale de Valenciennes ⓘ surface form: Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 150
meter	irregular syllabic verse ⓘ
narrativeFocus	Saint Eulalia of Mérida ⓘ surface form: martyrdom of Saint Eulalia Sequence of Saint Eulalia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: torture of Saint Eulalia trial of Saint Eulalia ⓘ
originalPurpose	devotional use ⓘ liturgical performance ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Northern France ⓘ
preservedIn	Saint-Amand Abbey ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
rhymeScheme	assonantal rhyme ⓘ
script	Latin script ⓘ
settingPeriod	Roman Empire ⓘ
settingPlace	Mérida ⓘ
studiedIn	Romance linguistics ⓘ history of the French language ⓘ medieval French philology ⓘ
subject	Saint Eulalia of Mérida ⓘ
topic	Christian martyrdom ⓘ Christian sainthood ⓘ
verseForm	rhymed verse ⓘ
writingSystem	Carolingian minuscule ⓘ surface form: Caroline minuscule
writtenInContextOf	Carolingian Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ludwigslied → relatedWork → Sequence of Saint Eulalia ⓘ

Sequence of Saint Eulalia → narrativeFocus → Sequence of Saint Eulalia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: torture of Saint Eulalia