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Betha Ciaráin Saigre (version I) ‘The life of Ciarán of Saigir’

  • prose
  • Irish hagiography
First Irish Life of St Ciarán of Saigir (Seirkieran, Co. Offaly)
Manuscripts
Form
prose (primary)
Textual relationships
Related: Betha Ciaráin Saigre (version II)Betha Ciaráin Saigre (version II)Second Irish Life of St Ciarán of Saigir (Seirkieran, Co. Offaly). According to Plummer (1925), it is based on a Latin Life now lost, which also served as an exemplar for a shorter text, Capgrave’s Life of Pieran.

Classification

Irish hagiographyIrish hagiography
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Subjects

Ciarán of Saigir
Ciarán of Saigir
(supp. fl. 5th century)
Ciarán (mac Luaigne), founder and patron saint of Saigir (Seirkieran, Co. Offaly)
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Saiger
Saiger/Saigir ... Seirkieran
County Offaly
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Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] Plummer, Charles, Bethada náem nÉrenn: Lives of Irish saints, 2 vols, vol. 1: Introduction, texts, glossary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.
CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
103–112
[tr.] Plummer, Charles, Bethada náem nÉrenn: Lives of Irish saints, 2 vols, vol. 2: Translations, notes, indexes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.
CELT – translations: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
99–108 (English translation); 338–339 (general notes)

Secondary sources (select)

Plummer, Charles, Bethada náem nÉrenn: Lives of Irish saints, 2 vols, vol. 1: Introduction, texts, glossary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.
CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
xxv
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Dennis Groenewegen
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May 2014, last updated: January 2024
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