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Vita seu apologia sancti Sulpicii archiepiscopi

Century: 13

Hagiography

Latin

Dioc. Liège
County of Namur
Duchy of Brabant

INCIPIT

Sulpicius Severus, primo beati Martini discipulus, post Bituricensis archiepiscopus iuxta Gennadium, qui in libro quem de viris scripsit illustribus, immo sicut ex gestis eius patet...

EXPLICIT

...omnium erratuum nostrorum veniam antequam hinc abeamus, id est ex huius tot lapsuum casibus obnoxie miseria vite emigremus, ab ipso impetres prerogari. Amen.

Guibert de Gembloux, Guibert van Gembloux, Guibertus Gemblacensis

Sex: M- Bio: monk of the abbey of Gembloux, 1177-9 secretary of Hildegardis of Bingen and spiritual father of the monastic community of Rupertsberg in Bingen, 1180 back to Gembloux, September 1180-May 1881 and 1185-1186/87 in the abbey of Marmoutier (Tours), 1188 abbot in the abbey of Florennes (?1124/5/+1214). (NaSo 265): See Pertz and Potthast for the attribution to Guibertus Gemblacensis. (Naso 607): zie Delehaye (1888) voor de toeschrijving aan Guibertus Gemblacensis (in overeenstemming met Hervardus). (NaSo 1524): The final redaction of this letter seems to be the work of Guibertus Gemblacensis-Status author (order, function): Benedictine Monks (OSB)

EDITING

Location:Gembloux - Date:1207 (Index scriptorum) - Commission: /

SIZE

c. 12.350 words

CONTEXT

This work stems from the fascination of Guibert of Gembloux for Saint Martin of Tours (see e.g. Naso 515, 516, 522, 2311).

ABSTRACT

This Vita in two books was intended as an apology for Sulpicius Severus, the author of the Life of St Martin of Tours. Gennadius of Marseille (†496) had questioned Sulpicius' orthodoxy in his work De viris illustribus, which Guibert wanted to prove had been unfounded. However, he confused Sulpicius Severus with Sulpicius, the archbishop of Bourges †29 januari 591). The second Book in fact focuses more on St Martin instead of on Sulpicius and is intended as a preface to the entire manuscript in which it is preserved, namely a martinellus with texts collected and compiled by Guibert.

SOURCES

klassieke auteurs (Macrobius, Sallustius, Vergilius) (cfr. Index scriptorum)

INFLUENCE

MANUSCRIPTS

Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale, 5397-5407 (Link)

TRANSLATIONS

EDITIONS

Acta sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur, Jan., II (1643) 968-969 nrs. 14-18 (fragment) (Link)
Acta sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur, Jan., III (1863, 3e druk) 584 nrs. 14-18 (fragment) (Link)
Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum bibliothecae Regiae Bruxellensis. Pars I. Codices latini membranei, 1 (Brussel, 1886) 509-515 (fragment)
MIGNE (J.-P.), Patrologia latina, XX (1886) 92-94 (fragment) (Link) (Link) (Link) (Link) (Link) (Link)

LITERATURE

Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 7934
Bibliotheca Sanctorum, 12 62-64
Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum bibliothecae regiae Bruxellensis. Pars I. Codices latini membranei, 1 (Brussel, 1886) 506
DELEHAYE (H.), 'Guiberti Gemblacensis epistula de sancto Martino et alterius Guiberti item Gemblacensis carmina de eodem', Anallecta Bollandiana, 7 (1888) 265-320 274-275 (265-320)
Index scriptorum operumque Latino-Belgicorum Medii Aevi, 3:1 (Bruxelles, 1979) 143
SCHRADER (M.), 'Guibert de Gembloux', in: Dictionnaire de spiritualité ascétique et mystique doctrine et histoire, 6 (Parijs, 1967) 1134 (1132-1135)

LINKS

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Contributor:
Marit Gypen
Sara Moens

Update:
2014-07-03 16:02:13