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Apocrypha Priscillianistica
prose
Early medieval compilation of six homiletic pieces in Latin, including an early version of the so-called ‘Seven Heavens’ apocryphon. It is known for having Irish connections and may represent a Hiberno-Latin adaptation of material that goes back to Visigothic Spain.
Latin language
Cambrai homily
prose
Short prose homily in Old Irish and Latin, which has been dated as early as the 7th or the first half of the 8th century and on that account, has some claim to being the earliest specimen of Old Irish in continuous prose. The text has been frequently cited for its linguistic features and for its account of three forms of martyrdom categorised according to colour: white (bán), blue/green (glas) and red (derc).
Old Irish
Canon in Ebreica
prose
Exegetical text datable to the 8th century and thought to be of Hiberno-Latin provenance.
Latin language
Cétaín in braith
prose
Latin-Irish homily on fasting, which occurs in the Leabhar Breac.
Middle IrishLatin languagefasting
De die iudicii (Pseudo-Augustine, Sermo App. 251)
prose
Latin Doomsday sermon attributed to Augustine. Charles D. Wright has shown that early manuscript witnesses are frequently found together with the Three utterances of the soul sermon, suggesting that “it was a popular item in Insular circles”.
Latin language
De die Pentecostes (Irish homily)
prose
Medieval Irish homily on the day of Pentecost.
Middle IrishLatin language
De ieiunio Domini in deserto (Irish homily)
prose
Irish-Latin homily on the Temptation of Christ.
Middle IrishLatin language
De reddendis decimis
prose
8th-century Latin sermon which may have been produced in a Hiberno-Latin milieu on the continent.
Latin language
De virtute sancti Martain (Irish homily)
prose
Irish homily on St Martin, bishop of Tours. The work bears testimony to knowledge of the writings of Sulpicius Severus (the Vita sancti Martini and the Dialogi) in 12th-century Ireland.
Middle IrishEarly Modern IrishMartin of Tours
Don tarmchrutta
prose
Irish homily, largely in Latin, on the Transfiguration (tairmchruthad), which is found in the Leabhar Breac.
Middle IrishLatin languageTransfiguration
Epistolae deperditae fragmenta (Gildas)
prose
Gildas
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Gildas
(fl. 5th–6th century)
Author of De excidio et conquestu Britanniae
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Fragments from letters attributed to Gildas, including one identified as being a response to Finniau concerning monastic matters. These fragments have been preserved as a florilegium (7 fragments) and as quotations attested throughout the Collectio canonum Hibernensis and elsewhere.
Latin language
Homelia die natali sancti Winwaloei (Wrdisten)
prose
Wrdisten
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Wrdisten (Gurdisten)
(fl. 9th century)
Abbot of Landévennec and author of a Life of St Winwaloe/Gwenolé.
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Wrdisten’s sermon for the feast of St Winwaloe. BHL 8959.
Latin languageGwenolé
Imdibe Crist (Irish homily)
prose
Irish homily on the Circumcision, written in Latin and to a lesser extent, in Irish.
Middle IrishLatin language
In cena Domini (Irish homily)
prose
Irish homily on the Lord’s Supper.
Latin languageLate Middle Irish
In nomine Dei summi (sermons)
prose
A collection of seven Hiberno-Latin sermons, which share the same dedicatory opening formula In nomine Dei summi.
Latin language
Instructio I (Columbanus)
prose
Columbanus
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Columbanus
(fl. c.550–d. 615)
Irish peregrinus, scholar, abbot and monastic founder known chiefly for his activities in the kingdoms of Merovingian Gaul and Lombard Italy. His foundations included Luxeuil and Bobbio.
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Columbanus
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Columbanus
(fl. c.550–d. 615)
Irish peregrinus, scholar, abbot and monastic founder known chiefly for his activities in the kingdoms of Merovingian Gaul and Lombard Italy. His foundations included Luxeuil and Bobbio.
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Sermon by Columbanus.
Latin language
Instructio II (Columbanus)
prose
Columbanus
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Columbanus
(fl. c.550–d. 615)
Irish peregrinus, scholar, abbot and monastic founder known chiefly for his activities in the kingdoms of Merovingian Gaul and Lombard Italy. His foundations included Luxeuil and Bobbio.
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Columbanus
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Columbanus
(fl. c.550–d. 615)
Irish peregrinus, scholar, abbot and monastic founder known chiefly for his activities in the kingdoms of Merovingian Gaul and Lombard Italy. His foundations included Luxeuil and Bobbio.
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Sermon by Columbanus.
Latin language
Instructio III (Columbanus)
prose
Columbanus
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Columbanus
(fl. c.550–d. 615)
Irish peregrinus, scholar, abbot and monastic founder known chiefly for his activities in the kingdoms of Merovingian Gaul and Lombard Italy. His foundations included Luxeuil and Bobbio.
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Columbanus
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Columbanus
(fl. c.550–d. 615)
Irish peregrinus, scholar, abbot and monastic founder known chiefly for his activities in the kingdoms of Merovingian Gaul and Lombard Italy. His foundations included Luxeuil and Bobbio.
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Sermon by Columbanus.
Latin language
Instructio IV (Columbanus)
prose
Columbanus
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Columbanus
(fl. c.550–d. 615)
Irish peregrinus, scholar, abbot and monastic founder known chiefly for his activities in the kingdoms of Merovingian Gaul and Lombard Italy. His foundations included Luxeuil and Bobbio.
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Columbanus
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Columbanus
(fl. c.550–d. 615)
Irish peregrinus, scholar, abbot and monastic founder known chiefly for his activities in the kingdoms of Merovingian Gaul and Lombard Italy. His foundations included Luxeuil and Bobbio.
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Sermon by Columbanus.
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