Texts

Comanmand nóebúag hÉrenn

  • Early Irish
  • list, prose
  • Irish hagiography
Early Irish tract containing lists of female Irish saints (nóebúag ‘holy virgins’) of the same name. In the manuscripts, the text immediately follows that of a similar tract known as Comainmnigud nóem nÉrenn.
Author
Anonymous.
Language
  • Early Irish
Form
list, prose (primary)
Textual relationships
Related: Comainmnigud nóem nÉrennComainmnigud nóem nÉrenn

Early Irish tract containing lists of Irish saints of the same name. Most copies of the text are followed by a similar tract focusing on female Irish ‘holy virgins’ (Comanmand nóebúag hÉrenn).

Classification

Irish hagiographyIrish hagiography
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Subjects

saints of IrelandIreland and Irish history, Irish people, saints
saints of Ireland
id. 27585
saints of IrelandIreland and Irish history, Irish people, saints
saints of Ireland
id. 27585

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.] Brosnan, Denis T., “Comainmnigud noem Herend so sis”, Archivium Hibernicum 1 (1912): 314–365.
353–360

Secondary sources (select)

Plummer, Charles, “A tentative catalogue of Irish hagiography”, in: Charles Plummer, Miscellanea hagiographica Hibernica: vitae adhuc ineditae sanctorum Mac Creiche, Naile, Cranat, 15, Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1925. 171–285.
Utrecht University Library: <link>
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
April 2016, last updated: January 2024