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Gemma ecclesiastica (Gerald of Wales)
prose
Gerald of Wales
Gerald of Wales
(c. 1146–1220 x 1223)
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Didactic treatise by Gerald of Wales on matters of ecclesiastical reform.

Miracula sancti Davidis (BL MS Royal 13 C i)
prose
A collection of eleven accounts of miracles attributed to St David of Wales and set in a period between the 13th century and beginning of the 15th. It is uniquely found as an appendix to a copy of Gerald of Wales’s account of the life and miracles of the saint in BL MS Royal 13 C i.
Vita Gildae (Caradoc of Llancarfan)
prose
Caradog of Llancarfan
Caradog of Llancarfan
(d. after 1138)
Welsh hagiographer
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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 prima sanctae Wenefredae
prose
Anonymous Latin Life of Winifred or Gwenfrewi.
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.
Vita sancti Cadoci (Caradoc of Llancarfan)
prose
Caradog of Llancarfan
Caradog of Llancarfan
(d. after 1138)
Welsh hagiographer
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Vita sancti Cadoci (Lifris of Llancarfan)
prose
Lifris of LlancarfanLifris of Llancarfan
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Vita sancti Clitauci
prose

Latin legend of Clydog of Merthyr Clydog (modern-day Clodock in Herefordshire). BHL 1864.

Vita sancti Cungari (Wells fragment)
prose

Life of St Cyngar (Lat. Cungarus) of Congresbury, a good part of which is preserved in a fragment held at Wells Cathedral. In the text, Cungarus is presented as the son of the emperor of Constantinople, who did not wish to follow in his father’s footsteps. He fled, ultimately reaching Britain, where he founded a small chapel at Congresbury, Somerset (suo vocabulo Cungrisberia nominatum), and to judge by the capitula, another place of worship in Wales. BHL Suppl. 2013. A fuller version of the text was printed in the Nova legenda Angliae.

Vita sancti Davidis (Gerald of Wales)
prose
Gerald of Wales
Gerald of Wales
(c. 1146–1220 x 1223)
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Vita sancti Davidis (Rhygyfarch ap Sulien)
prose
Rhygyfarch ap Sulien
Rhygyfarch ap Sulien
(1056/7–1099)
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Latin prose Life of St David, written by Rhygyfarch ap Sulien, who may have been bishop of St David’s.

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 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.
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Vita sancti Tathei
prose

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

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.

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