Severus Sanctus Endelechius
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Severus Sanctus Endelechius (or Endelechus) was the writer of De Mortibus Boum (or Bovum), i.e. On the Deaths of Cattle.
It is a poem belonging to the classical bucolic tradition, but also concerned with Christian apologetics
. It mentions a cattle plague, which has been identified as rinderpest
. Anothet title is Carmen bucolicum de virtute signi crucis domini.
He has been identified with a rhetorician Severus who was a friend of Paulinus of Nola
. He probably lived towards the end of the 4th century.
It is a poem belonging to the classical bucolic tradition, but also concerned with Christian apologetics
Apologetics
Apologetics is the discipline of defending a position through the systematic use of reason. Early Christian writers Apologetics (from Greek ἀπολογία, "speaking in defense") is the discipline of defending a position (often religious) through the systematic use of reason. Early Christian writers...
. It mentions a cattle plague, which has been identified as rinderpest
Rinderpest
Rinderpest was an infectious viral disease of cattle, domestic buffalo, and some other species of even-toed ungulates, including buffaloes, large antelopes and deer, giraffes, wildebeests and warthogs. After a global eradication campaign, the last confirmed case of rinderpest was diagnosed in 2001...
. Anothet title is Carmen bucolicum de virtute signi crucis domini.
He has been identified with a rhetorician Severus who was a friend of Paulinus of Nola
Paulinus of Nola
Saint Paulinus of Nola, also known as Pontificus Meropius Anicius Paulinus was a Roman senator who converted to a severe monasticism in 394...
. He probably lived towards the end of the 4th century.