Also Laureati Mgr Andrew Wadsworth (whose eminence is far beyond being raised by any humble award of mine); and "Vetusta Ecclesia" ... for a couple of fine limericks.
First St Thomas, now Monsignor Wadsworth ... is there no end to the eminence of this company? My blushes are all the deeper as I clicked on the post title "Laureatus" expecting some learned exegesis of strophe 8a from the fifteenth-century Icelandic Sequence in honour of St Magnus of Orkney (Comitis generosi), which reads (as I need hardly remind readers of this blog):
O quam martir hic beatus uirgo fructu fossus latus ter centeno laureatus fruitur palacio.
Is the third line unique in the corpus of Latin Sequences in implying the date of its own composition (i.e., c. 300 years after the martyrdom of St Magnus)?
was for nearly three decades at Lancing College; where he taught Latin and Greek language and literature, was Head of Theology, and Assistant Chaplain. He has served three curacies, been a Parish Priest, and Senior Research Fellow at Pusey House in Oxford. Since 2011, he has been in full communion with the See of S Peter. The opinions expressed on this Blog are not asserted as being those of the Magisterium of the Church, but as the writer's opinions as a private individual. Nevertheless, the writer strives, hopes, and prays that the views he expresses are conformable with and supportive of the Magisterium. In this blog, the letters PF stand for Pope Francis. On this blog, 'Argumentum ad hominem' refers solely to the Lockean definition, Pressing a man with the consequences of his own concessions'.
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First St Thomas, now Monsignor Wadsworth ... is there no end to the eminence of this company? My blushes are all the deeper as I clicked on the post title "Laureatus" expecting some learned exegesis of strophe 8a from the fifteenth-century Icelandic Sequence in honour of St Magnus of Orkney (Comitis generosi), which reads (as I need hardly remind readers of this blog):
O quam martir hic beatus
uirgo fructu fossus latus
ter centeno laureatus
fruitur palacio.
Is the third line unique in the corpus of Latin Sequences in implying the date of its own composition (i.e., c. 300 years after the martyrdom of St Magnus)?
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