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Vie de saint Matthieu

Century: 13

Hagiography

French

Dioc. Cambrai

INCIPIT

Voirs est que Diex a cure des cors des homes, mès plus a il soing des ames que des...

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 5690) (Perrot, 1992: 20, 180-189) - Commission: /

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CONTEXT

ABSTRACT

Life of St. Matthew (Matthaeus Apostolus) (+1 th century). He was a tax collector at Capernaum. One day in the Tollhouse he was called by Christ to become one of his disciples. Later, in addition to his role as an apostle, Matthew also became one of the four evangelists. He wrote the first gospel in Hebrew. Eventually Matthew died through torture.

SOURCES

INFLUENCE

MANUSCRIPTS

Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale, 10326
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, nouv. acq. fr., 10128
Sainte-Geneviève, bibliotheek, 588

TRANSLATIONS

EDITIONS

MEYER (P.), Légendes hagiographiques en français, in: Histoire littéraire de la France, XXXIII (1906) 401 (fragment)
PERROT (J.P.), Le Passionnaire français au Moyen Age (Genève, 1992) 213 (fragment)

LITERATURE

Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 5690
MEYER (P.), Légendes hagiographiques en français, in: Histoire littéraire de la France, XXXIII (1906) 393-458
PERROT (J.P.), Le Passionnaire français au Moyen Age (Genève, 1992)
VAN DER LINDEN (S.), De Heiligen (Antwerpen, 1999) 608-609

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Contributor:
Jeroen Deploige
An-Katrien Hanselaer

Update:
2014-03-18 14:44:44