Reception of Apuleius in Fifth-Century Gaul

The University of Bari is hiring a post-doctoral researcher for the project ‘Tradition and reception of Apuleius’ works in fifth-century Gaul’, with particular attention to Sidonius. Advertisement here. Applications before 23 March 2024. ‘During the research period, the postdoctoral fellow…

New Portrait of Sidonius Discovered

A new portrait of Sidonius has come to light. Quite unexpectedly, on the eve of the Feast of St Nicholas of Myra, 5 December, a delicately crafted portrait bust of the Clermontese Saint made its appearence. Its pained expression probably…

Horváth on Sidonius in Hungary

Ágnes Horváth, ‘Sidonius a középkor és a reneszánsz magyar irodalmában’, Antikvitás & Reneszánsz 9 (2022) 69-86, discusses Sidonius’ role in the Hungarian literature of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Read here

Curta on the Poem In Basilica

Sidonius’ reception is among the issues touched upon by Florin Curta in ‘Pseudo-Martin of Braga and the Slavs: A Re-Examination of the Poem In Basilica’, in: Andrew Cain and Gregory Hays (eds), Omnium magistra virtutum. Studies in Honour of Danuta…

Giannotti Awarded Premio Virgilio

Filomena Giannotti has been awarded the Premio Internazionale Virgilio ‘Mantua’ for her outstanding work on Vergil, and on reception in editing Giorgio Caproni, Il mio Enea, in particular. Read on here. Go to Il mio Enea in Garzanti Online.

Giannotti on Mirror-Games in Reception

Filomena Giannotti makes a comparison between Sidonius’ Ep. 4.8 (together with Carm. 29) and Jean Marcel’s rewriting in Sidoine et la dernière fête (1993): ‘Je suis le miroir à la fin de la décadence: Mirror-Games Between Sidonius Apollinaris and Jean…

Mascoli on Reception in the Renaissance

Patrizia Mascoli has published an article on an aspect of Sidonius’ reception: ‘Sidonio Apollinare nella manualistica letteraria di età umanistica’, Studia Antiqua et Archaeologica 25 (2019) 211–19. Keywords: Siccus Polenton, Petrus Crinitus, Lilius Gregorius Giraldi. | online

Lo specchio del modello

Anita Di Stefano and Marco Onorato are organizing an international Sidonius conference in Messina, 4-5 October. Speakers include Franca Ela Consolino, Jesús Hernández Lobato, Maria Jennifer Falcone, Stefania Santelia, Marco Onorato, Gavin Kelly, Matthijs Zoeter, Aaron Pelttari, Rosa Santoro, Luciana…