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Mo Ling and Findat
prose
verse
Early Irish anecdote about Mo Ling and an old woman (caillech) named Findat who gave her son to him; also on the appearance of Christ as a leper (clam).
Mo Ling and Grác
prose
Anecdote about Mo Ling and a neighbouring couple, Grác and his wife Crón
Mo Ling and Máel Doborchon
prose
Anecdote about Mo Ling
Mo Ling and the brigands
prose
verse
prosimetrum
Anecdote about Mo Ling
Mo Ling and the Devil
prose
verse
Anecdote about Mo Ling
Mo Ling and the leper
prose
Irish anecdote about St Mo Ling and a leper. 
Mo Ling and the trenching of his millstream
prose
Middle Irish anecdote about Mo Ling, here presented as a fosterson of St Máedóc of Ferns, and the trenching of a watercourse or millstream (taídiu) at Tech Mo Ling.
Navigatio sancti Brendani (Valle Crucis version)
prose

A distinct version of the Navigatio sancti Brendani, preserved in a manuscript which belonged to the Cistercian abbey of Valle Crucis (Denbighshire) and known since Plummer’s edition as Vita secunda sancti Brendani, although it is not a Vita. It is closely related to the Anglo-Norman poem Le voyage de saint Brendan by Benedeit and was probably a translation from Old French, whether based on Benedeit’s poem or perhaps an earlier Old French text.

Nomina diaconorum Hibernensium
prose
list
List of Irish saints classified as deacons (diacones). It is closely associated in the manuscripts with two similar lists of saints who have been bishops or priests.
Nomina episcoporum Hibernensium
prose
list
List of 292 Irish saints classified as bishops. It is associated in the manuscripts with two similar lists of saints who have been priests or deacons.
Nomina sacerdotum Hibernensium
prose
list
List of 277 Irish saints classified as priests (sacerdotes). It is closely associated in the manuscripts with two similar lists of saints who have been bishops or deacons.
Nova legenda Angliae
prose

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.

Office of St Kentigern (Sprouston breviary)
prose
verse

Office for St Kentigern in the Sprouston breviary (Edinburgh, NLS, Adv. 18.2.13b).

Old English Life of Machutus
prose

An Old English prose life of the Breton saint Machutus/Malo, adapted from the Latin original by Bili, a deacon at Alet. The composition of the vernacular version is likely to been connected with the community of Winchester, which had become home to a cult of a saint in the 10h and 11th centuries.

Páis Cristoforus
prose
Medieval Irish passion of Saint Christopher, dog-headed saint, evangelist and martyr.
Páis Marcellinuis
prose
Homily on the passion of the Roman martyr Marcellinus.
Pátraicc Macha mártai Gaídil
verse
13 st.
beg. Pátraicc Macha mártai Gaídil
Middle Irish poem (13 st.) in praise of St Patrick.
Sanctilogium Angliae Walliae Scotiae et Hiberniae (John of Tynemouth)
prose
John of Tynemouth
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.

Scél for mírbuil Póil
prose

Short medieval Irish legend on the passion of St Paul, with an account of his decapitation and miraculous recapitation (recovery of his head). It is similar to the version told in the Irish homily Páis Petair ocus Póil

Sermunculus de vita sancti Winwaloei
prose

Short, homiletic redaction of the vita of St Winwaloe, in 17 lectiones. BHL 8962.

St. Gallen tract on Gall, Brigit and Patrick
prose

Latin hagiographical and genealogical tract on saints Gall, Brigit and Patrick, probably produced at St. Gall (modern-day Switzerland) in the 9th or 10th century. BHL 3257, 1462b.

Story of Mo Chóe and the angel
prose
A short story in which Mo Chóe (Caelán), while building his church at Nendrum, is approached by an angel in the form of a magnificent bird. Two versions of it are known, one of which is found in the entry for the saint's feast-day in the Martyrology of Donegal.
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