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V051
De virtutibus quae facta sunt post discessum beate Geretrudis abbatisse
Century: 7
Hagiography
Latin
Dioc. Liège
Kingdom of Francia
INCIPIT
Proloog: Cum multos homines cernimus in hoc saeculo viventes vitam angelicam ducere, unde hoc fieri poterit...-- Corpus: Erat quedam abbatissa in monasterio Treverense cui nomen erat Modesta et hec ipsa ab infantia sua Deo consecrata...
EXPLICIT
...et per idoneos testes didici hoc quod scripsi. Nunc autem de virtutibus...
Sex: M- Bio: Irish priest-monk in Nivelles. STOCQ, STRACKE and HOEBANX think, as opposed to VAN DER ESSEN, that the Virtutes were written by the same author as the Vita prima Gertrudis Nivialensis (BHL 3490-1).-Status author (order, function):
EDITING
Location: / - Date:end of the 7th century - Commission: /
SIZE
2266 woorden
CONTEXT
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ABSTRACT
The Virtutes and its continuation are two miracle chronicles dealing with the miracles occurring in Nivelles after the decease of St Gertrudis, near her deathbed and tomb. In the manuscripts, the text is often preceded by the vita prima (Krusch).
SOURCES
INFLUENCE
N.A. (In 783 werd er een vervolg op de Virtutes geschreven.)
MANUSCRIPTS
TRANSLATIONS
EDITIONS
Acta sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur, Mar., II (1668) 596-599 (Link)
Acta sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur, Mar., II (1865, 3e druk) 594-597 (Link)
KRUSCH (B.), in: Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Scriptores rerum Merovingicarum, 2 (Hannover, 1889) 464-471 (Link)
LITERATURE
BALAU (S.), Les sources de l'histoire de Liège au Moyen Age, Étude critique (Bruxelles, 1903) 27-29
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 3490-1, 3495
Index scriptorum operumque Latino-Belgicorum Medii Aevi 1 (Bruxelles, 1973) 17-19.
VAN DER ESSEN (L.), Etude critique et littéraire sur les Vitae des saints mérovingiens de l'ancienne Belgique, Université de Louvain. (Recueil de travaux d'histoire et de philologie, 1e série, 17) (Leuven/Paris, 1907) 41275
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Contributor:
Renée Nip
Véronique Lambert

Update:
2010-11-16 17:02:37