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Vie de Paul le simple, ermiteCentury: 13
Hagiography
French
Dioc. Arras
INCIPIT
Un hom fu en cele contrée ou sains Anthoines abitoit...
EXPLICIT
...por avoir parmenable vie. Celui nos otroit Pater et Filius et Spiritus sanctus.
Sex: M- Bio: In the beginning of the 13th century his works were commissioned by Philip, count of Namur (+1212), and of Joanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders and Hainault (+1244); he translated several Latin works. Wauchier de Denain was clerc at the court of Roger IV, châtelain of Lille (1st third of the 13th century). (NaSo 611): For the adscription to Wauchier de Denain: see Raynaud de Lage, Ruby en De Visser-Van Terwisga.-Status author (order, function):
EDITING
Location:Denain (?), in the vicinity of St.Amand and Valenciennes (Thompson, 1999: 48-55) - Date:early 13th century, before 1212 (Szkilnik, 1993: 8), the fifth text from the 'Vies des sainz peres' - Commission:dedicated to Philippe I, count of Namur (Meyer, 1906: 281)
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ABSTRACT
Life of St.Paul the Simple of Egypt (Paulus Simplex) (+ 339). He was a simple, old man who discovered that his wife committed adultery. After this event he decided to lead a hermit’s life in the desert of Thebaid, where he became the disciple of St. Anthony the Great.
SOURCES
INFLUENCE
MANUSCRIPTS
Arras, Bibliothèque Municipale
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
Carpentras, Bibliotheque Inguimbertine
London, British Library
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
Carpentras, Bibliotheque Inguimbertine
London, British Library
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France
TRANSLATIONS
EDITIONS
SZKILNIK (M.), L'histoire des moines d'Egypte suivie de la vie de saint Paul le Simple. Edition critique (Textes littéraires français, 427) (Genève, 1993) 147-152, 165-167 (fragment)
LITERATURE
BOSSUAT (R.), e.a. Dictionaire des lettres françaises. Le Moyen Age (Parijs, 1992) 1501-1502
MEYER (P.), Versions en prose des Vies des Pères, in: Histoire Littéraire de la France, XXXIII (1906)
SZKILNIK (M.), L'histoire des moines d'Egypte suivie de la vie de saint Paul le Simple. Edition critique (Textes littéraires français, 427) (Genève, 1993)
SZKILNIK (M.), Le choix de Wauchier de Denain. Ecrire en vers, écrire en prose, in: Romania, CVII (1986)
THOMPSON (J. J.), Wauchier de Denain. La vie mon signeur seint Nicholas le beneoit confessor (Textes littéraires français, 508) (Genève, 1999)
VAN DER LINDEN (S.), De Heiligen (Antwerpen, 1999) 691
MEYER (P.), Versions en prose des Vies des Pères, in: Histoire Littéraire de la France, XXXIII (1906)
SZKILNIK (M.), L'histoire des moines d'Egypte suivie de la vie de saint Paul le Simple. Edition critique (Textes littéraires français, 427) (Genève, 1993)
SZKILNIK (M.), Le choix de Wauchier de Denain. Ecrire en vers, écrire en prose, in: Romania, CVII (1986)
THOMPSON (J. J.), Wauchier de Denain. La vie mon signeur seint Nicholas le beneoit confessor (Textes littéraires français, 508) (Genève, 1999)
VAN DER LINDEN (S.), De Heiligen (Antwerpen, 1999) 691
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Contributor:
Jeroen Deploige
An-Katrien Hanselaer
Update:
2014-02-12 14:08:11
© 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:
2014-02-12 14:08:11
© The Narrative Sources from the Medieval Low Countries (Brussels: Royal Historical Commission, since 2009). URL: www.narrative-sources.be (accessed July 6th 2025).
