sanctimonialium

Updated: January 9, 2026

Of the tenth century we possess an allegorical religious lament entitled 'Ecloga duarum sanctimonialium. About 1160 a Benedictine monk named Metellus composed twelve poems under the title of Bucolica Quirinalium, in honour of St. Quirinus and in obvious imitation of Vergil.

Walter W. Greg - Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama: A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration: Stage in England