Editing Sibyl (section)

=== Tiburtine Sibyl ===
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To the classical sibyls of the Greeks, the Romans added a tenth, the Tiburtine Sibyl, whose seat was the ancient [[Sabins|Sabino]]–[[Latins (Italic tribe)|Latin]] town of [[Tibur]] (modern [[Tivoli, Italy|Tivoli]]). The mythic meeting of [[Augustus]] with the Sibyl, of whom he inquired whether he should be worshiped as a god, was a favored [[wiktionary:motif|motif]] of Christian artists. Whether the sibyl in question was the [[Etruscan Sibyl]] of Tibur or the [[Cumaean Sibyl|Greek Sibyl]] of [[Cumae]] is not always clear. The Christian author [[Lactantius]] had no hesitation in identifying the sibyl in question as the Tiburtine Sibyl, nevertheless. He gave a circumstantial account of the pagan sibyls that is useful mostly as a guide to their identifications, as seen by fourth-century Christians:
<blockquote>The Tiburtine Sibyl, by name ''Albunea'', is worshiped at Tibur as a goddess, near the banks of the [[Anio River|Anio]], in which stream her image is said to have been found, holding a book in her hand. Her [[oracle|oracular]] responses the Senate transferred into the capitol. (''Divine Institutes'' I.vi)   </blockquote>

An apocalyptic pseudo-prophecy exists, attributed to the Tiburtine Sibyl, written c. AD&nbsp;380, but with revisions and interpolations added at later dates.<ref>[https://carleton.ca/~jopp/3850/1-1.htm The Latin Tiburtine Sibyl] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407215602/http://www.carleton.ca/~jopp/3850/1-1.htm |date=2005-04-07 }}. History 3850 Readings. Retrieved on June 20, 2008.</ref> It purports to prophesy the advent of a final emperor named Constans, vanquishing the foes of Christianity, bringing about a period of great wealth and peace, ending paganism, and converting the Jews. After vanquishing [[Gog and Magog]], the emperor is said to resign his crown to God. This would give way to the [[Antichrist]]. Ippolito d'Este rebuilt the [[Villa d'Este]] at Tibur, the modern [[Tivoli, Italy|Tivoli]], from 1550 onward, and commissioned elaborate fresco murals in the Villa that celebrate the Tiburtine Sibyl, as prophesying the birth of Christ to the classical world.