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Páis Georgi ‘The passion of St George’

  • Middle Irish
  • prose
  • Irish religious texts, Passion, Homily
Homily on the passion of St George
Title
Páis Georgi
‘The passion of St George’
also Betha Sain Seoirsí
Manuscripts
Recension A
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 16 (1230) = Leabhar Breac (‘Speckled Book’) [s. xvin]
pp. 190b–193b
beg. ‘Pretiosa est in conspectu Domini mors sanctorum eius’
Recension B
London, British Library, MS Egerton 91 [s. xv]
f. 11
This version also relates the legend of George's victory over the dragon.
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 29 pp. 17-216 = Book of Fermoy ‘proper’ [s. xiv/xv]
p. 44
rubric: ‘Betha Sain Seoirsí’
Recension C
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 O 48b (476) = Liber Flavus Fergusiorum, part 2 [c. 1435-1440]
f. 44ra
beg. ‘Feacht n-aen dar gab Dacianus <im>pir flaitheamhnus’
Language
  • Middle Irish
  • Secondary language(s): Hiberno-Latin
  • The introduction is Latin.
Form
prose (primary)

Classification

Irish religious textsIrish religious texts
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Irish religious textsIrish religious texts
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PassionPassion
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HomilyHomily
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Subjects

Martyrdom and persecutions of Christians in the Roman Empire
Martyrdom and persecutions of Christians in the Roman Empire
id. 61146
Saint George
Saint George
(d. c.303?)
Widely venerated saint and martyr.
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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.] [tr.] Atkinson, Robert, The passions and the homilies from Leabhar Breac: text, translation and glossary, Todd Lecture Series, 2, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1887.  

Note that there are various references throughout the book to material in the appendix, but in the introduction, Atkinson states he regrets “that I have not found it possible to include in the present volume the Appendix and Notes”.

CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
71–81 (edition); 313–324 (translation with introduction). Recension A from Leabhar Breac
[ed.] Dottin, Georges, Manuel d’irlandais moyen, 2 vols, vol. 2, Paris, 1913.
Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
92–96 [id. 19. ‘Saint George et le petit enfant’] Extract from LB.

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>
259
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
August 2012, last updated: January 2024
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