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The second vita of St Féchín printed by John Colgan in his Acta sanctorum Hiberniae. Colgan made use of three Irish sources, which he conflated and translated into Latin to produce a composite text. The first life he found in a manuscript associated with Féchín's monastery in the island of Omey (vnam fusam ex Codice Immaciensi in Connacia, quam eius compilator aliàs recentior ... indicat ... desumptam esse ex alia latina); the second life is described as aliam habemus stylo plane uetusto et magnae fidei, sed principio et fine carentem. Plummer suggests that these lives must have corresponded to the vernacular life and homily found in NLI MS G 5. The third source is a metrical version now lost (tertiam uero uetusto et eleganti metro lxxiv distichis constante).

Vita sancti Findani confessoris

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Life of the 9th-century Irish saint Fintán of Rheinau (modern Switzerland, near Schaffhausen). He is said to be a Leinsterman whom vikings carried off as a captive to the Orkneys, after which he escaped and travelled as a pilgrim to Rome. On his way home, he met and joined the community of anchorites based at Rheinau.

Vita sancti Fintani abbatis de Cluain Ednech

prose

Latin Life of St Fintan of Clúain Eidnech (Clonenagh, Co. Laois). It is reckoned among the so-called O’Donohue saints’ Lives. BHL 2994.

Vita sancti Flannani

prose

Medieval Latin Life of St Flannán, abbot of Killaloe

Vita sancti Mochoemog abbatis de Liath Mochoemog

prose

Latin vita of St Mo Chóemóc, abbot of Liath Mo Chóemóc (Leamakevoge or Leigh, Co. Tipperary).

Vita sancti Patricii (Muirchú)

prose

Muirchú

Muirchú moccu Macthéni

(fl. 7th c.)

Author of a Life of St Patrick

Vita sancti Senani (breviary)

prose

A Latin work in nine lessons relating the Life of St Senán of Inis Cathaig. It was written for use in Brittany and derives, according to Pádraig Ó Riain, from the metrical version of the saint's Life.

Vita sancti Senani (metrical version)

verse

Latin metrical Life of St Senán of Inis Cathaig (feast-day: 8 March).

Vita sancti Senani (MLA)

prose

Latin prose Life of St Senán of Inis Cathaig (BHL 7574) which is found in copies of the Magnum Legendarium Austriacum [1 July].

Vita sancti Tigernachi

prose

Latin Life of St Tigernach of Clones.

Vitae sanctorum Hiberniae

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The three principal collections of Irish saints’ lives written in Latin: (1) the so-called (Codex) Salmanticensis (or Salamanca) collection, (2) the (Codex) Insulensis or Oxford collection, and (3) the (Codex) Kilkenniensis or Dublin collection. Since Plummer published his edition in 1910, the Latin designation Vitae sanctorum Hiberniae is sometimes used to refer to these collectively.

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