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2238

Vie de saint Jacques le Mineur

Century: 13

Hagiography

French

Dioc. Cambrai

INCIPIT

Ne vos doit mie ennuier se ge vos conte ici après la vie et la passion

EXPLICIT

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Anonymous: Mon. Valcellensis-Passionaire français (Naso 2217)

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

EDITING

Location:Probably Vaucelles - Date:Shortly before 1250 (incorporated in the first 'Passionaire français') (BHL 4094)(Perrot, 1992: 20, 180-189) - Commission: /

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CONTEXT

ABSTRACT

Life of the apostle saint Iacobus minor(+62), or James the Less, son of Alphaeus and a certain Mary, most probably the sister of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Together with his brother Jude, he went around to preach the gospel in the year 31. After Jesus' death, James was the first bishop of Jerusalem.

SOURCES

INFLUENCE

MANUSCRIPTS

Aachen, Münsterstift,
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale, 10326

TRANSLATIONS

EDITIONS

MEYER (P.), Légendes hagiographiques en français, in: Histoire littéraire de la France, XXXIII (1906) 401 (fragment)

LITERATURE

Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 4094
LEWY (M.), 'Body in 'finis terrae', head in 'terra sancta'. The veneration of the head of the Apostle James in Compostela and Jerusalem: Western, Crusader and Armenian traditions', Hagiographica, 17 (2010) 131-174
MEYER (P.), Légendes hagiographiques en français, in: Histoire littéraire de la France, XXXIII (1906) 3939-458
PERROT (J.P.), Le Passionnaire français au Moyen Age (Genève, 1992) 180-189
VAN DER LINDEN (S.), De Heiligen (Antwerpen, 1999) 433-434

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Contributor:
Jeroen Deploige
An-Katrien Hanselaer

Update:
2014-03-31 11:25:03