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Vita Gildae (monk of Rhuys)

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First known, Latin Life of Gildas, written in the 11th century by an anonymous monk of Rhuys (Morbihan, Brittany). The biographical details are not trustworthy. It has been suggested that the monastery was previously dedicated to a now obscure Gweltas, whose place was then taken by a saint of wider reputation.

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[intr.] Lot, Ferdinand, “Mélanges d’histoire bretonne VII: La vie saint Gildas [1]”, Annales de Bretagne 23 (1907–1908): 247–299, 364–388.

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[ed.] Lot, Ferdinand, “Mélanges d’histoire bretonne: Gildae vita et translatio [2]”, Annales de Bretagne 25 (1909–1910): 346–365, 493–516.

Persee.fr – part 1: <link> Persee.fr – part 2: <link>

[ed.] Lot, Ferdinand, Mélanges d’histoire bretonne (vi^e-xi^e siècle), Paris: Honore Champion, 1907.

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207–283; 431–473 Reprint from publications in Annales de Bretagne 23 and 25

[ed.] [tr.] Williams, Hugh, Gildae De excidio Britanniae / Gildas: The ruin of Britain, London: The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1899.

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317–321 (introduction), 322–393 (text and translation)

[ed.] Mommsen, Theodor [ed.], Chronica minora saec. IV, V, VI, VII, vol. 3, MGH Scriptores. Auctores antiquissimi, 13, Berlin: Weidmann, 1898.

Digitale-sammlungen.de: <link> : <link> Internet Archive: <link>

91–106

[ed.] d'Achery, Luc, and Jean Mabillon, Acta sanctorum Ordinis S. Benedicti: in saeculorum classes distributa, 9 vols, Paris: Louis Billaine, 1668–1701.

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Vol. 1, 138–152 (129–142 in the reprint from 1733) Adds five new chapters (13-17). direct link

[ed.] Colgan, John, Acta sanctorum veteris et maioris Scotiæ seu Hiberniæ, sanctorum insulæ, Louvain: Everard De Witte, 1645.

Data.onb.ac.at: <link> Google Books: <link>, <link>

181–202 Text of Joannes a Bosco.

[ed.] Bollandus, Ioannes, and Godefridus Henschenius, Acta sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur, vel a catholicis scriptoribus celebrantur, 68 vols, vol. 2: Ianuarius II, Antwerp: Ioannes Meursius, 1643.

958–967 Text of Joannes a Bosco.

[ed.] du Bois-Olivier, Jean [Joannes a Bosco], Floriacensis vetus bibliotheca, Benedictina, sancta apostolica, pontificia, caesarea, regia, francogallica, Lyon, 1605.

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429–463 Editio princeps. direct link