Texts

Betha Caoimhgin (I)‘Life of St Cóemgen’

Middle Irish
prose
Irish hagiography

Prose Life of St Cóemgen (Cáemgen, Kevin)

Manuscripts

Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 2324-2340 (3410) [1629]

ff. 274a–277b

Transcript by Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, followed by Betha Caoimhgin II

Language

Middle Irish
Late Middle Irish

Form

prose (primary)

Classification

Irish hagiography

Subjects

Cóemgen of GlendaloughCóemgen (var. Cáemgen, Caoimhghin, Caoimhin, Kevin) of Glendalough
(d. c. 618)
Kevin of Glendalough
patron saint of Glenn Dá Locha (Glendalough)
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Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] Plummer, Charles, Bethada náem nÉrenn: Lives of Irish saints, 2 vols, vol. 1: Introduction, texts, glossary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.

CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

125–130 direct link

[tr.] Plummer, Charles, Bethada náem nÉrenn: Lives of Irish saints, 2 vols, vol. 2: Translations, notes, indexes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.

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121–126 (English translation); 342–343 (textual notes) direct link