Texts
Vita I sancti Samsonis
- Latin
- prose
- Breton texts, Hagiography
First extant Latin Life of St Samson, bishop of Dol. BHL 7478-7479.
Manuscripts
Language
- Latin
Date
The date of the text has occasioned much discussion. Flobert dates the text to the middle of the 8th century.
Form
prose (primary)
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.] Flobert, Pierre, La vie ancienne de saint Samson de Dol, Sources d'histoire médiévale, 17, Paris: CNRS, 1997. 296 pp.
Edition of the Latin text of Vita I S. Samsonis, with a French translation on facing pages; introduction
Secondary sources (select)
Olson, Lynette, “The date of the First Life of St Samson of Dol”, in: Pamela OʼNeill (ed.), The land beneath the sea: essays in honour of Anders Ahlqvist’s contribution to Celtic studies in Australia, 14, Sydney: Celtic Studies Foundation, University of Sydney, 2013. 171–182.
Olson, Lynette, “The early hagiography of Saint Samson of Dol”, in: Geraint Evans, Bernard Martin, and Jonathan M. Wooding (eds), Origins and revivals: proceedings of the First Australian Conference of Celtic Studies, 3, Sydney: Centre for Celtic Studies, University of Sydney, 2000. 123–133.
Lapidge, Michael, and Richard Sharpe, A bibliography of Celtic-Latin literature, 400-1200, Royal Irish Academy Dictionary of Medieval Latin from Celtic Sources, Ancillary Publications, 1, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1985.
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June 2013, last updated: January 2023