Juliana (poem)

E505431

Juliana is an Old English religious poem, preserved in the Exeter Book, that recounts the legend and martyrdom of Saint Juliana.

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Juliana (poem) canonical 1

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instanceOf Old English poem ⓘ
hagiographical poem ⓘ
religious poem ⓘ
associatedWith Exeter Cathedral ⓘ
audience monastic readers ⓘ
basedOn Latin passio of Saint Juliana ⓘ
compositionDate before 1000 ⓘ
containedIn Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501 ⓘ
containsDialogue yes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
didacticPurpose encouragement of steadfast faith ⓘ
featuresCharacter demon ⓘ
pagan suitor ⓘ
featuresMotif demon interrogation ⓘ
rejection of pagan marriage ⓘ
virgin martyr ⓘ
form narrative poem ⓘ
genre hagiography ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ
hasSurvivingText yes ⓘ
language Old English ⓘ
literaryForm verse narrative ⓘ
literaryLanguage West Saxon dialect ⓘ
literaryPeriod Old English literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Saint Juliana ⓘ
manuscript Exeter Book ⓘ
manuscriptLocation Exeter, England ⓘ
linked to: Exeter
meter alliterative verse ⓘ
narrativeFocus execution of Saint Juliana ⓘ
torture of Saint Juliana ⓘ
trial of Saint Juliana ⓘ
originalScript Old English runic and Latin alphabet tradition ⓘ
preservedIn Exeter Book ⓘ
recounts legend of Saint Juliana ⓘ
martyrdom of Saint Juliana ⓘ
religiousContext Latin Christian hagiography ⓘ
religiousFunction edification of Christians ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
saintDepicted Saint Juliana of Nicomedia ⓘ
linked to: Saint Juliana
script Insular minuscule ⓘ
linked to: Insular script
setting late Roman Empire ⓘ
subject Christian martyr ⓘ
theme chastity ⓘ
faith versus paganism ⓘ
martyrdom ⓘ
spiritual warfare ⓘ
writtenInCentury 10th century ⓘ

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Exeter Book → content → Juliana (poem) ⓘ