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Visio sanctae Ethelburgae

Century: 11

Hagiography

Latin

England

INCIPIT

Prologus: Simile est regnum... Bene hoc secundum evangelium...-- Corpus: Hospitabantur sacratissimae beatarum virginum glebae...

EXPLICIT

...in gremio novae aecclesiae ab hac servatrice matre erant collocanda.

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)

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CONTEXT

ABSTRACT

Vision of Alviva, abbess of Barking (second half of the 11th century).

SOURCES

INFLUENCE

MANUSCRIPTS

Dublin, Trinity College, 176

TRANSLATIONS

EDITIONS

COLKER (M.L.), 'Texts of Jocelyn of Canterbury which relate to the history of Barking Abbey', Studia Monastica, 7 (1965) 452-454

LITERATURE

BARLOW (F.), The Life of King Edward who rests at Westminster attributed to a monk of Saint Bertin, Oxford Medieval Texts (Oxford, 1992 2de druk) 133-147
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina Suppl. 2631b
Bibliotheca sanctorum, 5 (1964) 118
HAMILTON (T.J.), Goscelin of Canterbury: A Critical Study of his Life, Works and Accomplishments, Ph.D. diss. (University of Virginia, 1973)

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Contributor:
Bea Blokhuis

Update:
2014-03-06 17:02:41