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Vita et translatio Ethelberti

Century: 11

Hagiography

Latin

England

INCIPIT

Translatus est etiam sanctus ac Deo amabilis rex Aethelbertus, apostolici templi ut primus conditor, ita perpetuus heres et possessor; tertius quidem regum Anglorum, sed...

EXPLICIT

...obstinatas cordium cervices mitigemus; ne quis Christum in sanctis postponat, dicentem, qui vos spernit me spernit: nam omnis sanctus, judex erit contemptoris sui.

Goscelinus Sancti Bertini

Sex: M- Bio: monk of Saint Bertin's, 1058 or shortly after he followed bishop Hereman of Wiltshire (+1078) to England and was presumably monk in the monastery of Sherborne, stayed in several other monasteries (e.g.abbey of Canterbury), probably chaplain of the nuns of Wilton; +after 1106 (see Liebermann).-Status author (order, function): Benedictine Monks (OSB)

EDITING

Location:Canterbury (?) - Date:2nd half of the 11th century - Commission: /

SIZE

CONTEXT

ABSTRACT

History of the translation of St Ethelbertus' relics, king of Kent (February 24th 616), in the Translatio Augustini et aliorum Sanctorum.

SOURCES

INFLUENCE

MANUSCRIPTS

London, British Library, Cotton mss., Vespasianus B XX
London, British Library, Harley mss., 105

TRANSLATIONS

EDITIONS

(S.N.), Historia translationis sancti Augustini Cantuariensis et aliorum sanctorum (BHL 781)
Acta sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur, Mai., VI (1688) 435-437 nrs. 23-30 (Link)

LITERATURE

Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2622
Bibliotheca sanctorum, 5 (1964) 116-118
FOLZ (R.), Les saints rois du moyen âge en occident (VIe-XIIIe siècles), Subsidia hagiographica, 68 (Brussel, 1984) 72, 91-92
HAMILTON (T.J.), Goscelin of Canterbury: A Critical Study of his Life, Works and Accomplishments, Ph.D. diss. (University of Virginia, 1973)
VAN HOUTS (E.), 'The Norman Conquest Through European Eyes', in: English Historical Review, 110 (1995) 832-853

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Contributor:
Bea Blokhuis

Update:
2014-03-06 16:03:34