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Vita sancti Gurthierni

prose

GurhedenGurheden

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A Breton Latin Life of St Gurthiern. He is said to have been a Welsh prince, who after inadvertently killing his sister's son, became a hermit, at first in Britain and finally, in Brittany, where he was granted Anaurot, i.e. Quimperlé, and founded its original church. The text is transmitted in the Cartulary of Quimperlé and consists there of three parts: a genealogical section, the Life proper and the story of posthumous miracles attributed to relics of the saint. BHL 3720-3722.

Vita sancti Johannis abbatis Gorziensis (John of Saint-Arnoul)

prose

John of Saint-ArnoulJohn of Saint-Arnoul

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Latin Life of John, abbot of Gorze, written by John of Saint-Arnoul (Metz). BHL 4396.

Vita sancti Kebii (I)

prose

First version of the life of St Cybi to occur in Cotton Vespasian A xiv.

Vita sancti Kebii (II)

prose

Second version of the life of St Cybi to occur in Cotton Vespasian A xiv.

Vita sancti Kentigerni (Herbertian)

prose

Anonymous vita of St Kentigern written for Herbert, bishop of Glasgow. Only a fragment of the text survives. BHL 4645.

Vita sancti Kentigerni (Jocelin of Furness)

prose

Jocelin of Furness

Jocelin of Furness

(fl. 1175–1214)

hagiographer of the Cistercian abbey of Furness; author of Lives of St Patrick and St Kentigern

Life of St Kentigern, patron saint of Glasgow, written by Jocelin of Furness. BHL 4646.

Vita sancti Machutis I (Bili)

prose

Bili

Bili

(fl. 9th century)

Deacon of Aleth and author of the first extant Life of St Malo (Machutus), bishop of Aleth.

Vita sancti Mevenni

prose

Latin life of St Mevenn, which is uniquely preserved in a 16th-century mortuary register of the community of Saint-Méen. BHL 5944.

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 Pauli Aureliani (Wrmonoc)

prose

WrmonocWrmonoc

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WrmonocWrmonoc

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The first vita of St Paul Aurelian, written by Gurmonoc / Wrmonoc and dated by himself to 884.

Vita sancti Petroci (Saint-Méen)

prose

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 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 Servani

prose

Latin Life of St Serf (Lat. Servanus).

Vita sancti Tathei

prose

Latin life of St Tathan (Lat. Tatheus) of Caerwent in Cotton Vespasian A xiv.

Vita sancti Tathei (epitome)

prose

An abbreviated version of the life of St Tathan (Tatheus) included in John of Tynemouth’s Sanctilogium and the Nova legenda Angliae.

Vita sancti Teiliaui (Book of Llandaf version)

prose

The second recension of the Latin Life of St Teilo, which is attested in the Book of Landaff.

Vita sancti Teiliaui (Vespasian version)

prose

The earliest recension of the Latin Life of St Teilo, which is attested in the legendary of Vespasian A.xiv.

Vita sancti Tigernachi

prose

Latin Life of St Tigernach of Clones.

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

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.

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

Wrdisten (Gurdisten)

(fl. 9th century)

Abbot of Landévennec and author of a Life of St Winwaloe/Gwenolé.

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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