A cartulary of the monastery of Landévennec. It largely consists of records purporting to document gifts of land, property and privileges to Gwenolé (Winwaloe), founder and patron saint of the monastery, many of them from Gradlon, the legendary king in Brittany.
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Latin chronicle compiled between the late 14th and early 15th century, which though left incomplete, aimed at describing a full history of Brittany. It incorporates a wide range of sources, including historical, hagiographical and archival materials. The work is anonymous and may have been written and compiled by Hervé Le Grant, a Breton notary with access to ducal archives.
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A hymn for St Winwaloe/Gwenolé written by Clemens, monk of Landévennec. The main piece is an abecedarius, beg. Alme, dignanter supplicum, preceded by a brief prose preface and poem written in pentameters (beg. Ecce tuo Clemens hymnum construxit honori), which attribute the work to Clemens.
An abbreviated version of Wrdisten’s Life of St Winwaloe, in 21 lectiones, produced perhaps in northern France. BHL 8961.
Shorter version of the Latin Life of Winwaloeus (Gwenolé), abridged from the longer version written by Wrdisten. BHL suppl. 8956d. In addition to being generally shorter, it also adds to it by borrowing an episode from the vita of St Ethbin, in which Christ appears to Gwenolé and Ethbin as a leper.
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A short redaction of Wrdisten’s vita of St Winwaloe from Quimper MS 16, created by the Jesuit Jacques Bernard (d. 1652) for inclusion in the Acta sanctorum (Martius I). BHL 8964.
Life of St Conwoion, who in 832 founded Saint-Sauveur de Redon. The text consists of a prologue and 11 chapters. BHL 1946.
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BHL 3608-3609.
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A Breton Latin Life of St Gurthiern. He is said to have been a Welsh prince, who after inadvertently killing his sister's son, became a hermit, at first in Britain and finally, in Brittany, where he was granted Anaurot, i.e. Quimperlé, and founded its original church. The text is transmitted in the Cartulary of Quimperlé and consists there of three parts: a genealogical section, the Life proper and the story of posthumous miracles attributed to relics of the saint. BHL 3720-3722.
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