Texts
Scél for mírbuil Póil
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Short medieval Irish legend on the passion of St Paul, with an account of his decapitation and miraculous recapitation (recovery of his head). It is similar to the version told in the Irish homily Páis Petair ocus Póil
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Sources
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[ed.] Róiste, Tomás de, “Scél for mírbuil Póil sonn”, in: Cuallacht Chuilm Cille (ed.), Éigse suadh is seanchaidh, Dublin: Gill, 1909. 44–45.
Tionscnaimh.fng.ie – Edited text from pp. 43-44: <link>
ed. from O'Renehan MS 73
Secondary sources (select)
Plummer, Charles, “A tentative catalogue of Irish hagiography”, in: Charles Plummer, Miscellanea hagiographica Hibernica: vitae adhuc ineditae sanctorum Mac Creiche, Naile, Cranat, 15, Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1925. 171–285.
