Sequence of Saint Eulalia

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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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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 NERFINISHED
author unknown
contains Latin prose account of Saint Eulalia
countryOfOrigin Frankish Empire NERFINISHED
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 Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 150 NERFINISHED
meter irregular syllabic verse
narrativeFocus martyrdom of Saint Eulalia NERFINISHED
torture of Saint Eulalia NERFINISHED
trial of Saint Eulalia NERFINISHED
originalPurpose devotional use
liturgical performance
placeOfOrigin Northern France
preservedIn Saint-Amand Abbey NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
rhymeScheme assonantal rhyme
script Latin script
settingPeriod Roman Empire NERFINISHED
settingPlace Mérida NERFINISHED
studiedIn Romance linguistics
history of the French language
medieval French philology
subject Saint Eulalia of Mérida NERFINISHED
topic Christian martyrdom
Christian sainthood
verseForm rhymed verse
writingSystem Caroline minuscule NERFINISHED
writtenInContextOf Carolingian Empire NERFINISHED

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