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Vita Gildae (Caradoc of Llancarfan)

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Caradog of Llancarfan

Caradog of Llancarfan

(d. after 1138)

Welsh hagiographer

Second known vita of Gildas, written in the 12th century by the Welsh cleric Caradog of Llancarfan. It is a work of hagiogaphical and historical fiction intended to associate the abbey of Glastonbury with the saint. The text is known for weaving Arthurian legend into its narrative world and offers an early account of the abduction of Gwenhwyfar by Melwas.

Vita I sancti Samsonis

prose

First extant Latin Life of St Samson, bishop of Dol. BHL 7478-7479.

Vita interpolata sancti Winwaloei

prose

A short redaction of the vita of St Winwaloe, based on an abridged, homiletic redaction (BHL 8962, called Sermunculus de vita s. Winwaloei by J.-C. Poulin). BHL 8953. A distinct feature of the present version is that it also borrows an episode relating to St Ethbin from the Vita brevior, with a unique conclusion in which both saints travel to Ireland.

Vita longior sancti Machutis (anonymous)

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A redaction of the life of the Btreton saint Malo (Machutus) of Alet. BHL 5118 (a-b).

Vita Mariani Scotti

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A Latin biography of Marianus Scottus, written by an anonymous Irish monk at the Benedictine abbey of St James in Regensburg, about a century after his death. It offfers a glimpse of the history of the Schottenklöster in southern Germany and Austria, particularly those in Regensburg and the daughter houses in Vienna, Würzburg and Eichstätt.

Vita metrica sanctae Brigidae

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beg. Christe Dei uirtus, splendor, sapienta Patris

Donatus Scottus of Fiesole

Donatus Scottus of Fiesole

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A metrical Latin Life of St Brigit thought to have been composed by the Irishman Donatus, bishop of Fiesole between 829–877. BHL 1458-1459.

Vita metrica sancti Brendani

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beg. Vana vanis garriat pagina pagana ... Ortus in Hybernia flos est puerorum ... Vigeat et valeat Alexander meus. Amen

Walter of ChâtillonWalter of Châtillon

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A Latin poem (312 stanzas) on the voyage of St Brendan of Clonfert, translated or adapted from Benedeit's Old French poem on the subject. It is dedicated to Pope Alexander III and on stylistic grounds, its authorship is attributed to Walter of Châtillon. BHL 1445.

Vita prima sanctae Brigitae

prose

Latin Life of St Brigit. BHL 1455-1456.

Vita prima sanctae Wenefredae

prose

Anonymous Latin Life of Winifred or Gwenfrewi.

Vita prima sancti Neoti

prose

First Latin Life of St Neot, thought to have been composed in the middle of the 11th century.

Vita quarta sanctae Brigitae

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Animosus [al. Anmchad]Animosus ... al. Anmchad

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A recension of a Latin life of St Brigit of Kildare which survives only in two Franciscan editions of the 17th century. The editors are John Colgan, who attributed the work to one Animosus (whose name he thought to be a Latin counterpart to the Irish name Anmchad), and Hugh Ward, who attributed it to Ultán of Ardbraccan. Richard Sharpe has argued that it was part of the so-called Dublin collection of Irish saints’ lives. BHL 1460.

Vita Richarii (Alcuin)

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Alcuin

Alcuin

(d. 804)

English clergyman, scholar and poet.

Alcuin’s revised version of the vita of Richarius (Riquier), an early 7th-century Frankish nobleman and founder of the monastery of Centula (Saint-Riquier, Picardy).

Vita Richarii primigenia

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Earliest vita of Richarius (Riquier), an early 7th-century Frankish nobleman and founder of the monastery of Centula (Saint-Riquier, Picardy). The text has been dated to the late 7th century.

Vita sanctae Aldegundis prima

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Anonymous vita of Aldegund, abbess of Maubeuge.

Vita sanctae Brigitae (Cogitosus)

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CogitosusCogitosus

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CogitosusCogitosus

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Early Latin Life of St Brigit, possibly the earliest of its kind to survive. BHL 1457.

Vita sanctae Brigitae (Lawrence of Durham)

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Lawrence of Durham

Lawrence of Durham

(c. 1110–1154)

English monk of Durham priory, who went on to become sub-prior and later prior. He was also an author, hagiographer and poet and his prose writings include a Latin Life of St Brigit, which he sent to Ailred of Rievaulx.

Latin Life of St Brigit, written by Lawrence, traditionally thought to be the monk of that name at Durham cathedral priory. The work was presented to Ailred of Rievaulx when the latter served at the court of David I, king of Scotland. BHL 1461.

Vita sanctae Brigitae (lost)

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It is thought that a lost 7th-century Latin Life of St Brigit underlies both the vernacular Bethu Brigte (9th century) and the Vita prima sanctae Brigitae (of uncertain date).

Vita sanctae Geretrudis

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Vita sanctae Moninnae

prose

ConchubranusConchubranus

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Vitae sanctorum Hiberniae

Vita sancti Abbani

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Latin Life of St Abbán of Mag Arnaide (Moyarney, now Adamstown in Co. Wexford)

Vita sancti Aedi filii Bricc

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Latin Life of Áed mac Bricc, patron saint of Rahugh, in three recensions

Vita sancti Albarti archiepiscopi Casellensis

prose

BHL 218.

Vita sancti Albei

prose

Latin life of St Ailbe of Emly.

Vita sancti Asaphi

prose

A Latin life of St Asaph, reputed founder of the see of St Asaph, found in Peniarth MS 231. It follows the tradition known from Jocelyn’s Life of St Kentigern, according to which Kentigern founded the church before transferring the authority over the church to St Asaph.

Vita sancti Bernachii

prose

Latin Life of St Brynach (Lat. Bernachius). BHL 1186.

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