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Vita et miracula sancti Wlsini/Vulsini
Century: 11
Hagiography
Latin
England
INCIPIT
Prologus: Iam dudum S. presulis W., quem tua episcopalis devocio...-- Corpus: (1) Clara dni ecclesie lucerna S. W. claris natalibus...-- (2) De translacione eius hec que secuntur. Administrabat tunc pontificatum...-- (3) De cuius innumeris virtutibus hec que moderno tempore gesta sunt...
EXPLICIT
(1) ...si fides meruit lucem quam nobis tribuit Dnus per tantum interventorem et patronum qui vivit...-- (2) ...Talis erat tunc beati Wulsini prerogativa que regia sollicitaret obsequia.-- (3) ...et custos regalis thalami. Quorum patrociniis feliciter adiuvetur...
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: / - Date:1077-9 (Barlow, see Talbot and Grosjean) - Commission:commissioned by Herman, bishop of Sherborne (Barlow), dedicated to the successor of Herman: probably Osmund (Barlow 1992)
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ABSTRACT
History of the life, translation and miracles of St Vulsinus, abbot of Westminster and bishop of Sherborne (+1005). Cfr. Grosjean (1960). BHL 8753 is an abridged version of BHL Suppl. 8753 (ms. Gotha).
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EDITIONS
TALBOT (C.H.), 'The Life of Saint Wulsin of Sherborne by Goscelin', in: Revue bénédictine, 69 (1959) 68-85
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 8753 (Hardy 582 nr. 1170), Suppl. 8753 (Talbot, 73-80), BHL 8753a-b
Bibliotheca Sanctorum, 12 1372
GROSJEAN (P.), De codice hagiographico Gothano, Anallecta Bollandiana, 58 (1940) 90-103
GROSJEAN (P.), in Anallecta Bollandiana, 78 (1960) 201-206
GROSJEAN (P.), Vita S. Roberti Novi Monasterii in Anglia abbatis, Anallecta Bollandiana, 56 (1938) 334-360
HAMILTON (T.J.), Goscelin of Canterbury: A Critical Study of his Life, Works and Accomplishments, Ph.D. diss. (University of Virginia, 1973)
HARDY (T.D.), Descriptive Catalogue of materials relating to the history of Great Britain and Ireland, 1, Rerum Britannicarum medii aevi scriptores or Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during the Middle Ages, 26 (Londen, 1862) 582-583
HOLLIS (S.), BARNES (W.R.) (eds.), Writing the Wilton women: Goscelin's Legend of Edith and Liber confortatorius (Medieval women: texts and contexts, 9) (Medieval women: texts and contexts, 9) (Turnhout, 2004)
LIEBERMANN (F.), 'Raginald von Canterbury', in: Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft für ältere deutsche Geschichtskunde 13 (1888) 522-23, 542 e.v
LOVE (R.), 'The life of St Wulfsige of Sherborne by Goscelin of Saint-Bertin: a new translation with introduction, appendix and notes', in: K. Barker, et al. (eds.), St Wulfsige and Sherborne: Essays to Celebrate the Millennium of the Benedictine Abbey 998-1998 (Oxford, 2005) 98-123
TALBOT (C.H.), 'The Liber Confortatorius of Goscelin of Saint Bertin', in Studia Anselmiana 37 (1955) 1-117, Analecta Monastica 3ième série, Roma 1955 1-117
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2014-03-06 17:07:29