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Vita et miracula sancti Letardi

Century: 11

Hagiography

Latin

England

INCIPIT

Nunc beati Letardi exhibeantur induciae. Dignus Deo antistes Lethardus...

EXPLICIT

...cum eis mereamur sempiterne gaudere, et redemptorem nostrum, regnantem cum Patre et Spiritu sancto, per infinita secula semper collaudare. Amen.

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:Abbey of Canterbury - Date:after 1099 (Barlow 1992) - Commission:dedicated to Anselm of Canterbury

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CONTEXT

ABSTRACT

Life and miracles of St Letardus. The text, the last part of the Historia translationis sancti Augustini (BHL 781), is not marked as a distinct text in the manuscripts and in the AASS.

SOURCES

INFLUENCE

MANUSCRIPTS

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

TRANSLATIONS

EDITIONS

Acta sanctorum ordinis sancti Benedicti, VI (Parijs, 1668) 743-765 (fragment)
Acta sanctorum ordinis sancti Benedicti, VI (Venetië, 1738, 2e druk) 741-762 (fragment) (Link) (Link)
Acta sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur, Mai., VI (1688) 411-430, 432-443 (Link)
Acta sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur, Mai., VI (1866, 3e druk) 408-426, 428-439 (Link)
MIGNE (J.-P.), Patrologia Latina CLV (1854) 13-46 (fragment) (Link) (Link) (Link)

LITERATURE

Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina nr. 4892
Bibliotheca Sanctorum, 7 (Roma, 1961) 1346-7
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) 502

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Contributor:
Bea Blokhuis

Update:
2014-03-06 17:11:48