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Vie de saint ChristopheCentury: 13
Hagiography
French
Dioc. Cambrai
INCIPIT
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EXPLICIT
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Sex: M- Bio: -Status author (order, function): Cistercian Monks (SOCist)
EDITING
Location:Probably Vaucelles - Date:Shortly before 1250 (incorporated in the first 'Passionaire français) (BHL 1778) (Perrot, 1992: 20, 180-189) - Commission: /
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ABSTRACT
Life of Saint Christopher (+ 250). He was the son of a pagan king, originally named Reprobus, who converted. Christopher got the advice of a hermit that he could serve Christ by helping travelers to cross the river. According to legend, one night a child wanted to cross the river. Along the way the child was getting heavier so Christopher nearly collapsed under the weight. Eventually the passenger revealed himself as Christ and baptized Christopher in the river.
SOURCES
INFLUENCE
MANUSCRIPTS
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France
TRANSLATIONS
EDITIONS
MEYER (P.), Légendes hagiographiques en français, in: Histoire littéraire de la France, XXXIII (1906) 402 (fragment)
PERROT (J.P.), Le Passionnaire français au Moyen Age (Genève, 1992) 265-267, 301-303 (fragment)
PERROT (J.P.), Le Passionnaire français au Moyen Age (Genève, 1992) 265-267, 301-303 (fragment)
LITERATURE
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 1778
BOSSUAT (R.), e.a. Dictionaire des lettres françaises. Le Moyen Age (Parijs, 1992) 1333-1334
BOSSUAT (R.), Manuel Bibliographique de la littérature française du Moyen Âge (Melun, 1951) 5764
BULST (N.), 'Heiligenverehrung in Pestzeiten. Soziale und religiöse Reaktionen auf die spätmittelalterlichen Pestepidemien', in: A. Löther (ed.), Mundus in imagine: Bildersprache und Lebenswelten im Mittelalter. Festgabe für Klaus Schreiner (München, 1996) 63-97
GRUBBS (A.), 'Theatrical representations of St. Christopher throughout the crown of Aragon during the Middle Ages', Catalan Review 20 (2006) 273-289
Grundriss der Romanischen Literaturen des Mittelalters, VI/2 (Heidelberg, 1970) nr. 568
Grundriss der Romanischen Literaturen des Mittelalters, VIII/2 (Heidelberg, 1988) 30060-30080
LÀNG (B.), 'Saint Christopher, the patron of treasure-hunters', in: O. Gecser, et al. (eds.), Promoting the Saints: Cults and their Contexts from Late Antiquity until the Early Modern Period. Essays in Honor of Gábor Klaniczay for his 60th Birthday (Medievalia, 12) (Budapest, 2011) 305-310
MEYER (P.), Légendes hagiographiques en français, in: Histoire littéraire de la France, XXXIII (1906) 393-458
PERROT (J.P.), Le Passionnaire français au Moyen Age (Genève, 1992) 180-189
SALMON (J.), 'A note on the iconography of St. Christopher', Archaeologia Cambrensis: Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association 118 (1969) 138
VAN DER LINDEN (S.), De Heiligen (Antwerpen, 1999) 182-183
BOSSUAT (R.), e.a. Dictionaire des lettres françaises. Le Moyen Age (Parijs, 1992) 1333-1334
BOSSUAT (R.), Manuel Bibliographique de la littérature française du Moyen Âge (Melun, 1951) 5764
BULST (N.), 'Heiligenverehrung in Pestzeiten. Soziale und religiöse Reaktionen auf die spätmittelalterlichen Pestepidemien', in: A. Löther (ed.), Mundus in imagine: Bildersprache und Lebenswelten im Mittelalter. Festgabe für Klaus Schreiner (München, 1996) 63-97
GRUBBS (A.), 'Theatrical representations of St. Christopher throughout the crown of Aragon during the Middle Ages', Catalan Review 20 (2006) 273-289
Grundriss der Romanischen Literaturen des Mittelalters, VI/2 (Heidelberg, 1970) nr. 568
Grundriss der Romanischen Literaturen des Mittelalters, VIII/2 (Heidelberg, 1988) 30060-30080
LÀNG (B.), 'Saint Christopher, the patron of treasure-hunters', in: O. Gecser, et al. (eds.), Promoting the Saints: Cults and their Contexts from Late Antiquity until the Early Modern Period. Essays in Honor of Gábor Klaniczay for his 60th Birthday (Medievalia, 12) (Budapest, 2011) 305-310
MEYER (P.), Légendes hagiographiques en français, in: Histoire littéraire de la France, XXXIII (1906) 393-458
PERROT (J.P.), Le Passionnaire français au Moyen Age (Genève, 1992) 180-189
SALMON (J.), 'A note on the iconography of St. Christopher', Archaeologia Cambrensis: Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association 118 (1969) 138
VAN DER LINDEN (S.), De Heiligen (Antwerpen, 1999) 182-183
LINKS
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Contributor:
Jeroen Deploige
An-Katrien Hanselaer
Update:
2014-04-01 16:19:59
© The Narrative Sources from the Medieval Low Countries (Brussels: Royal Historical Commission, since 2009). URL: www.narrative-sources.be (accessed July 6th 2025).
Contributor:
Jeroen Deploige
An-Katrien Hanselaer
Update:
2014-04-01 16:19:59
© The Narrative Sources from the Medieval Low Countries (Brussels: Royal Historical Commission, since 2009). URL: www.narrative-sources.be (accessed July 6th 2025).
