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Nova legenda Angliae
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Major collection of the Lives of the saints of England and to a lesser extent, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, edited by an anonymous redactor (previously identified as John Capgrave) from an earlier collection compiled by John of Tynemouth, Sanctilogium Angliae, Walliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae. While the latter is arranged by feastday, the Nova legenda Angliae is arranged alphabetically. It was edited and printed in 1516 by Wynkyn de Worde, who added 15 additional Lives.
Sanctilogium Angliae Walliae Scotiae et Hiberniae (John of Tynemouth)
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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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Major collection of 156 Lives of the saints of England and to a lesser extent, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, compiled by John of Tynemouth in the first quarter of the 14th century.
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