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Vita sancti Asaphi

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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.

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Text

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 231 

incipit: Gloriosissimi confessoris et pontificis Assaph patroni nostri vitam per loca diuersa, monasteria, cathedrales et baptismales ecclesias diligenti affeccione quesiui   

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[ed.] [tr.] Callander, David, “Vita S. Asaphi”, Seintiau, Online, 2021–. URL: <https://saint2.llgc.org.uk/texts/prose/VAsaph_RBA/edited-text.eng.html>. 

Edition, translation and notes.

Edited from Peniarth MS 231.