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Vita sancti Fridolini (Balther)
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A 10th-century Latin account of the life and miracles of St Fridolin, missionary and reputed founder of the monastery of Säckingen. The text was written by Balther, a native of Säckingen, who had been a monk of St Gall and became bishop of Speyer in 970. Balther added a prologue in which he claimed that he drew on an earlier vita from an unnamed monastery near the Moselle and that he had memorised its contents before writing down his account. Balther claims that Fridolin came from Ireland, although this may well be an afterthought. BHL 3170.
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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.] [tr.] Pörnbacher, Mechthild, Vita sancti Fridolini: Leben und Wunder des heiligen Fridolin von Säckingen. Beschrieben von Balther von Säckingen, Bischof von Speyer, Sigmaringen: Thorbecke, 1997.
218–260
[ed.] Krusch, Bruno, Passiones vitaeque sanctorum aevi Merovingici (I), MGH Scriptores rerum Merovingicarum, 3, Hanover, 1896.
Digital MGH: <link>
354–369 (text), 350–353 (introduction)
Secondary sources (select)
Geschichtsquellen des deutschen Mittelalters, Online: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2012–present. URL: <https://www.geschichtsquellen.de>.
abstract:
Das digitale Repertorium „Geschichtsquellen des deutschen Mittelalters“ ist ein quellenkundliches und bibliographisches Nachschlagewerk zu den erzählenden Geschichtsquellen des mittelalterlichen Deutschen Reiches für die Zeit von ca. 750 bis ca. 1500.
Hervorgegangen ist es aus dem lateinisch verfassten „Repertorium Fontium Historiae Medii Aevi“ (11 Bände, 1962-2007). Die Deutschland betreffenden Geschichtsquellen dieses europäischen Gemeinschaftswerks wurden damals von der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften beigesteuert. In erweitertem Umfang werden sie seit 2012 im Web digital publiziert und fortgesetzt. Der Datenbestand wird dabei in kritischer Auswertung der Forschungsliteratur kontinuierlich aktualisiert und um neue Inhalte ergänzt.
Fox, Yaniv, “The political context of Irish monasticism in seventh-century Francia: another look at the sources”, in: Sven Meeder, and Roy Flechner (eds), The Irish in early medieval Europe: identity, culture and religion, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. 53–67.
