Epistolae deperditae fragmenta (Gildas)
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Gildas
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Gildas
(fl. 5th–6th century)
Author of De excidio et conquestu Britanniae
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Fragments from letters attributed to Gildas, including one identified as being a response to Finniau concerning monastic matters. These fragments have been preserved as a florilegium (7 fragments) and as quotations attested throughout the Collectio canonum Hibernensis and elsewhere.
Excerpta quaedam de libro Davidis
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Saint David
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Saint David
(fl. 6th century)
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British Latin text attributed to St David of Wales (referred to as David of Menevia) and perhaps datable to the 6th century. It deals with matters of sin and penance.
Paenitentiale Vinniani
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Penitential text written in the 6th century by Finnian, a British cleric in Ireland.
Praefatio Gildae de paenitentia
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Gildas
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Gildas
(fl. 5th–6th century)
Author of De excidio et conquestu Britanniae
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A British Latin text concerning penitential practices for monastic and clerical sins, which is attributed to Gildas and thought to date back to the 6th century.
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