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Altus Prosator

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Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Latin hymn

Canon in Ebreica

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Exegetical text datable to the 8th century and thought to be of Hiberno-Latin provenance.

Catechesis Celtica

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A collection of around 50 religious items in Latin, notably homilies, Sunday Gospel readings, exegetical tracts and commentaries. The text is attested in a single manuscript (Vatican, MS Vat. Reg. lat. 49) thought to have been produced in Brittany in the late 10th century.

Chronica sancti Hieronymi

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Pseudo-Jerome [author of Chronica sancti Hieronymi]Pseudo-Jerome ... author of Chronica sancti Hieronymi

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Jerome

Jerome

(c.340s–420 (Prosper))

Church father, born in Dalmatia, and biblical scholar who translated the greater part of the Bible into Latin and whose labours led to the Vulgate version.

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An eighth-century Latin Genesis commentary commonly ascribed to Jerome, which offers a guide to the history of creation and according to Charles Munier, served as a catechism.

Collationes patrum in scetica eremo (John Cassian)

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Cassian (John)Cassian (John)

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One of the best known theological writings by John Cassian, which purports to record the author’s interviews with the monks of Scetis (today, Wadi El Natrun, Egypt) on various topics relating to the contemplative life, ascetic practices and spirituality. The work was written in the 420s and one of its dedicatees is Pope Leo I.

Collectiones in Epistolas et Evangelia (Smaragdus)

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Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel

Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel

(fl. 805–825/26)

Benedictine abbot of the monastery of Saint-Mihiel; scholar. Earlier scholarship suggested that he was of Irish or insular origin, or had spent time in an insular monastery, but more recent views favour a southern, perhaps Visigothic, background.

A Carolingian compendium of biblical exegesis, written about 820 × 830 by the Benedictine monk Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel. In addition to citing from established authorities such as Isidore, Augustine and Gregory the Great, the compilation also cites Pelagius and lesser known authors such as Frigulus, who has been claimed to have been an Irish scholar of the early 8th century.

Commentarius in Evangelium secundum Marcum (Pseudo-Jerome)

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Pseudo-Jerome [commentator on Mark]Pseudo-Jerome ... commentator on Mark

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Jerome

Jerome

(c.340s–420 (Prosper))

Church father, born in Dalmatia, and biblical scholar who translated the greater part of the Bible into Latin and whose labours led to the Vulgate version.

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Latin commentary on the Gospel of Mark, sometimes attributed to Jerome but written by an unidentified scholar in the early medieval period. It has been dated to the seventh century, which would make it the earliest such commentary to survive, preceding that by Bede in the following century. The text is found in a number of manuscripts with Irish associations. Bischoff even suggested that the author may have been Irish, but this view has been contested or treated as unproven.

Commentarius in Matheum (Frigulus)

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FrigulusFrigulus

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An early medieval, perhaps 8th-century Latin commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, attributed to an exegete who in modern scholarship is usually identified by the name Frigulus.

David filius Iesse cum esset in regno suo

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Psalter preface on the composition of the Psalms and the role of four musicians, Asaph, Eman, Ethan and Idithun (Jeduthun), who are said to have been appointed by King David.

De divina praedestinatione (John Scottus Eriugena)

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John Scottus Eriugena

John Scottus Eriugena

(fl 9th century)

Irish scholar and theologian who had been active as a teacher at the palace school of Charles the Bald.

John Scottus Eriugena

John Scottus Eriugena

(fl 9th century)

Irish scholar and theologian who had been active as a teacher at the palace school of Charles the Bald.

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De mirabilibus sacrae scripturae

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Augustinus Hibernicus

Augustinus Hibernicus

(fl. mid–7th c.)

theologian and author of the Hiberno-Latin treatise De mirabilibus sacrae scripturae, sometimes attributed to a certain Augustine, hence the use of the phrase Augustinus Hibernicus (the Irish Augustine) or Pseudo-Augustine.

Latin theological treatise on the nature of miraculous phenomena in Scripture. While sometimes attributed in the manuscripts to Augustine, the text is thought to have been written in the 7th century by an anonymous Irishman who is now often referred to as Augustinus Hibernicus or the Irish Augustine.

De pauperie Salvatoris (Richard FitzRalph)

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FitzRalph (Richard)

FitzRalph (Richard)

(c.1300–1360)

Archbishop of Armagh (1347-1360), theologian and author.

Latin theological treatise in eight books, first written between 1351 and 1356 by Richard FitzRalph, archbishop of Armagh (d. 1360), as part of a wider campaign against the practices and privileges of mendicant orders (Augustinians, Dominicans, Carmelites and Franciscans). The eighth book was added towards the end of his life.

De praedestinatione contra Iohannem Scottum (Prudentius of Troyes)

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Prudentius [bishop of Troyes]

Prudentius ... bishop of Troyes

(d. 861)

Bishop of Troyes, theologian and historian. He was born in Spain and became active at the Frankish court in the time of Louis the Pious. In response to Hincmar and Eriugena, he wrote treatises on the doctrine of predestination.

De titulis psalmorum (Pseudo-Bede)

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Bede

Bede

(d. 735)

English monk at Monkwearmouth-Jarrow; author of the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum and works on various religious and theological subjects.

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A series of exegetical argumenta and explanationes for all 150 psalms, with prefatory and other additional material. Each argumentum typically consists of a historical and mystical explanation, and less frequently, also a moral one. In ninth-century manuscripts, the work is attributed to Bede, but this claim remains unproven.

De vindictis magnis magnorum peccatorum

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A collection of excerpts from the Bible, focusing on a number of well-known sinners and their punishments. Some features, such as its use of the term vindicta crucis, might betray a Hiberno-Latin origin for the compilation.

Deus a quo facta fuit

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beg. Deus a quo facta fuit

Hiberno-Latin synchronistic poem on the six ages of the world, covering both biblical and classical history. Each line consists of 15 syllables. A detail for which this poem attracted attention is the obit of Domnall rex Scottorum, presumably Domnall mac Áeda (although Domnall Brecc has been suggested as another candidate), in the year 642.

Eclogae tractatorum in psalterium

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A commentary on the Psalms believed to be a text of Irish provenance.

Egloga de moralibus in Iob (Laidcenn)

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Laidcenn mac Baíth Bannaig

Laidcend mac Baíth Bandaig

(d. 661)

Irish scholar, abbot of Clonfertmulloe (Kyle, Co. Laois); author of Ecloga de moralibus in Iob and possibly, Lorica Gildae.

Laidcenn mac Baíth Bannaig

Laidcend mac Baíth Bandaig

(d. 661)

Irish scholar, abbot of Clonfertmulloe (Kyle, Co. Laois); author of Ecloga de moralibus in Iob and possibly, Lorica Gildae.

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An epitome of Gregory the Great's lengthy commentary on the Book of Job, Moralia in Iob. This abbreviated version is attributed to the 7th-century Irish theologian Laidcenn mac Baíth Bannaig, abbot of Clúain Fertae Mo Lua (Clonfertmulloe), and may have been brought to mainland Europe by Irish peregrini. The work is now extant in a dozen continental manuscripts.

Elucidarium (Honorius Augustodunensis)

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Honorius Augustodunensis

Honorius Augustodunensis

(fl. 1098–1140)

Honorius Augustodunensis is a medieval theologian and author, active between ca. 1190 and ca. 1140. He is also referred to as Honorius Inclusus or Honorius of Autun. He has written several works, including the Speculum ecclesiae, the Elucidarium, and the Imago mundi. Two of his works (the Elucidarium and the Imago mundi) have been translated into Middle Welsh.

A Latin encyclopedic and didactic work written by Benedictine monk Honorius Augustodunensis and presented as a dialogue between teacher and pupil about a variety of theological subjects. The work enjoyed immense popularity over a long period of time and was translated into many languages, including Middle Welsh (Ystoria Lucidar).

Expositio psalmorum (Cassiodorus)

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CassiodorusCassiodorus

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Commentary on the psalms by (Flavius Magnus Aurelius) Cassiodorus, a Roman who served the Ostrogothic ruler Theodoric.

Glossa in Psalmos

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Glossae divinae historiae

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John Scottus Eriugena

John Scottus Eriugena

(fl 9th century)

Irish scholar and theologian who had been active as a teacher at the palace school of Charles the Bald.

Hymnum dicat turba fratrum

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beg. Hymnum dicat turba fratrum

Hilary of Poitiers

Hilary of Poitiers

(fl. c.315/6–c.367/8)

theologian and bishop of Poitiers (el. 353), who campaigned against Arianism and has the reputation of being the first writer of Latin hymns, who composed a Liber hymnorum, although few texts are extant. He appears to have been held in high esteem in medieval Ireland.

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An early metrical Latin hymn (35 qq) on the life of Christ, written in trochaic tetrameter and attributed to St Hilary (fl. 4th century). The text is attested in a 7th-century Irish manuscript, the Bangor antiphoner, and became one of the most popular hymns in medieval Ireland.

Interpretationes nominum hebraicorum (Abessalon pater pacis)

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A glossary of Hebrew proper names, which ultimately derives from Jerome‘s work on that subject and may possibly be associated with Bede. An Insular origin has been suggested for the transmission of this material.

Interpretationes nominum hebraicorum in Insular gospel prefaces

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Lists of Hebrew names, which ultimately derive from Jerome, appear in the prefatory texts of a number of Insular gospel books produced between the 7th and 9th centuries. An Insular, particularly Irish origin has been suggested for the transmission of this material.

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