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Lectiones de S. Hildelitha; Vita sanctae Hildelithae

Century: 11

Hagiography

Latin

England

INCIPIT

Berkinga monasterium multorum sanctorum...

EXPLICIT

...tertia ad sanctam Wlfildam, quatenus has tres una sanctae Trinitatis commendat gratia sicut creduntur cohabitare in celo et in terra. et quicumque fideliter.

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

Life of St Hildelitha, abbess of Barking (+after 708).

SOURCES

INFLUENCE

MANUSCRIPTS

Cardiff, Public Library, I 381
Gotha, Forschungs-und Landesbibliothek, I 81

TRANSLATIONS

EDITIONS

Acta sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur, Mar., III (1668) 484-487 (fragment) (Link)
CAPGRAVIUS (I.), Nova Legenda Anglie (Londen, 1516) f. 180v-181r
COLKER (M.L.), 'Texts of Jocelyn of Canterbury which relate to the history of Barking Abbey', Studia Monastica, 7 (1965) 455-458

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. nr. 3942
Bibliotheca Sanctorum, 7 (Roma, 1961) 769
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 17:03:43