Vita sancti Samsonis (Baudri of Bourgueil)
prose
A revision of the second vita of St Samons of Dol, written by Baudri, archbishop of Dol (1107–1130). BHL 7486.
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 Winwaloei (BHL 8964b)
prose
A redaction of the vita of St Winwaloe of Landévennec, which is attested in two medieval manuscripts of English provenance. BHL 8964b.
Nova legenda Angliae
Vita sancti Winwaloei (BHL 8965)prose
John of Tynemouth
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John of Tynemouth
(fl. 14th century)
English historian and hagiographer, known for having produced a chronicle, the Historia aurea, and a collection of saints’ lives, the Sanctilogium Anglia, Wallia, Scotiae et Hiberniae, which would form the basis of the Nova legenda Angliae.
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A redaction of the vita of St Winwaloe of Landévennec which John of Tynemouth included in his hagiographic collection (Sanctilogium) and was incorporated into the Nova legenda Angliae. It appears to be based on the version of the life that is listed by the Bollandists as BHL suppl. 8964b.
Vita sancti Winwaloei (Wrdisten)
prose
verse
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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Longer version of the Latin Life of Winwaloeus (Guénolé) written by Wrdisten. BHL 8957–8958. The bulk of the work is in prose (BHL 8957), while the final part gives a shorter, metrical account (BHL 8958).
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