The Christian Virgil
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Marco Girolamo Vida (d. 1566), an Italian Latin poet, author of Christias in six books (1535), an imitation of the AZneid.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “The Christian Virgil” mean?
Marco Girolamo Vida (d. 1566), an Italian Latin poet, author of Christias in six books (1535), an imitation of the AZneid.
Is “The Christian Virgil” formal or informal?
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