June 18, 2025 – Page 2 – The Poetry of St. Peter Damian

Hymn to Saint Gregory the Pope There are three Pope Gregories whom I would...

Poem to St. Vincent This poem was written in the monastery of S. Vincenzo...

Poem against Cadalus Lokrantz describes the meter in this manner: stanzas of three lines...

Poem for the penitent monks Lokrantz calls this meter stanzas composed of three dodecasyllables...

Poem on the Day of (My) Death Lokrantz calls the meter trochaic tetrameter 1....

A poem for those who are safe from vengeance of the king, but who...

Poem on the Joys of Paradise Lokrantz and Facchini comment on the meter: Damiani...

21. De arca Noe Concerning Noah’s ark Arca dat ecclesiae, baptismatis unda figuram. The...

11. De patena Concerning the dish Esum perpetuae pariunt haec fercula vitae. These dishes...

Lokrantz identifies these all as hexameters. 1. De annuntiatione Domini Concerning the annunciation of...

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