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NL0058

Legende van Frederik, bisschop van Utrecht

Century: 15 (?)

Hagiography

Dutch

Dioc. Utrecht

INCIPIT

Sinte vrederic biscop tot wtrecht was van edelen geslacht Meer veel edelre van heilicheit...

EXPLICIT

Anonymous: (NaSo NL0058)

Sex: M- Bio: -Status author (order, function):

EDITING

Location: / - Date:before 1465 - Commission:Dutch version of the Passio sancti Frederici episcopi (NL0056)

SIZE

CONTEXT

See also NL0118, a miracle concerning St Fredrick. He is named as the author of the Life of St Boniface (NL0037).

ABSTRACT

Life of St Frederick, bishop of Utrecht (c.820-835). Together with St Odulf, St Frederick fought heritics in Friesland. He also criticized Judith, wife of King Louis, for immodesty. Therefore, she had the bishop killed.

SOURCES

Passio sancti Frederici episcopi (Passio sancti Frederici episcopi (NL0056).)

INFLUENCE

MANUSCRIPTS

London, British Library, Add. mss., 20034 (Link)

TRANSLATIONS

EDITIONS

LITERATURE

Bibliotheca Neerlandica Manuscripta
STOOKER (K.), VERBEIJ (T.), Collecties op orde. Middelnederlandse handschriften uit kloosters en semi-religieuze gemeenschappen in de Nederlanden. 2 dln (Leuven, 1997) nr. 301
WILLIAMS-KRAPP (W.), Die deutschen und niederländischen Legendare des Mittelalters. Studien zu ihrer Überlieferungs-, Text- und Wirkungsgeschichte (Tübingen, 1986) 412

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Contributor:
Renée Nip

Update:
2003-03-10 00:00:00