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Vita Mariani Scotti (confessoris) ‘Life of Marianus Scottus’

  • Latin
  • prose

A Latin biography of Marianus Scottus, written by an anonymous Irish monk at the Benedictine abbey of St James in Regensburg, about a century after his death. It offfers a glimpse of the history of the Schottenklöster in southern Germany and Austria, particularly those in Regensburg and the daughter houses in Vienna, Würzburg and Eichstätt.

First words (prose)
  • Sanctorum patrum illustriumque quorumlibet virorum gesta quantum sint insignia, licet venerandę antiquitatis fuerint sua auctoritate
Manuscripts
Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, MS 3301
ff. 204r–208r
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, MS Clm 167
pp. 307–341
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, MS Oefeleana 16
ff. 4r–17r
Transcript.
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, MS Clm 27070 2
ff. 309v–328v
Trier, Stadtbibliothek, MS 1176 478
ff. 100r–107r
Language
  • Latin
Date
Sometime between 1177 and 1185.
Form
prose (primary)

Classification

Subjects

Marianus Scottus of Regensburg
Marianus Scottus of Regensburg
(d. 1080 x 1083)
Irish scribe, who founded the Irish monastic community at Regensburg (Ratisbon) in Bavaria, the first of the Schottenklöster to be founded in southern Germany.
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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.] Weber, Stefan, Iren auf dem Kontinent: Das Leben des Marianus Scottus von Regensburg und die Anfänge der irischen ‘Schottenklöster’, Heidelberg: Mattes Verlag, 2010. xii + 874 pp.
92–168
[ed.] Bollandus, Ioannes, and Godefridus Henschenius, Acta sanctorum: quotquot toto orbe coluntur, vel a catholicis scriptoribus celebrantur, 68 vols, vol. 4: Februarius II [7-16], Antwerp: Ioannes Meursius, 1658.
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365–372

Secondary sources (select)

Fuchs, Franz, Bildung und Wissenschaft in Regensburg: neue Forschungen und Texte aus St. Mang in Stadtamhof, Beiträge zur Geschichte und Quellenkunde des Mittelalters, 13, Sigmaringen: Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 1989.
125–127
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
February 2022, last updated: December 2023
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