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Early Church Documents "VITÆ"
Lives of the Saints (First Ten Centuries):
- General:
- Adam and Eve:
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The Life of Adam and Eve,
Translated and edited by G. A. Anderson and M. E. Stone. One of the most
ambitious attempts to create a scholarly hypertext edition of an early Judæo-Christian
work. --- University of Virginia
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St. Ephraim of Syria(?): The Cave of
Treasures: Legendary lives of the
patriarchs who lived before the Deluge. Translated and edited by G. A.
Anderson and M. E. Stone. ---
University of Virginia
- Alban, Romano-British martyr, (III Century):
- Anskar (Oscar), Archbishop of Bremen, Frankish missionary
to Scandinavia and Northern Germany, (IX Century):
- Anthony the Great:
- Athanasius the Great of Alexandria:
- Augustine, Archbishop of Canterbury, Roman missionary in
England, (VI/VII Centuries):
- Babylas of Daphne:
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John Chrysostom: Homily on St. Babylas:
Emphasizing the failure of Julian the Apostate to
suppress the veneration of the saint in Daphne, a city sacred to Apollo.
Steophens-Brandram translation. --- CCEL
- Barlaam of Great India:
- Barsamya, Bishop of Edessa, (I/II Centuries):
- Basil the Great:
- Benedict Biscop:
- Benedict of Nursia:
- Cædmon of Northumbria:
- Cæsarius, brother of Gregory the Theologian:
- Cecilia:
- Ceolfrid:
- Columba of Iona:
- Columbanus of Bobbio:
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Jonas of Bobbio: Life of St. Columban:
Based on interviews with Columbanus' disciples and friends by
a monk who entered the monastery three years after its founder's repose.
Describes the saint's life in France, his miracles (including the
multiplication of beer), his amicable relations with numerous wild animals,
and his involvement in Merovingian politics. Munro translation, 1907.
- Constantine and Helen:
- Cuthbert of Lindisfarne:
- Cyprian of Carthage:
- Cyril of Alexandria:
- Daniel the Stylite:
- Declan of Ardmore:
- Demetrius, Patriarch of Alexandria, (II/III Centuries):
- Domnina of Antioch:
- Easterwine:
- Edmund, King of East Anglia, martyr, (IX Century):
- Eligius (Eloi), Bishop of Noyon, French metalsmith, abbot,
and opponent of Monothelitism, (VI/VII Centuries):
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Ouen (Dado) of Rouen: The Life of St. Eligius.
Ouen knew Eligius personally; this life is
believed however to have been reworked somewhat in Carolingian times. The
translation, (though very welcome, as this vita is a major document of life
in the Merovingian church, previously unavailable in English), contains some
minor errors, e.g. confusing Bretons with Britons. McNamara translation,
1997. --- MSBP
- Erendruda of Salzburg:
- Eve the First Woman:
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The Life of Adam and Eve,
Translated and edited by G. A. Anderson and M. E. Stone. One of the most
ambitious attempts to create a scholarly hypertext edition of an early Judæo-Christian
work. --- University of Virginia
-
St. Ephraim of Syria(?): The Cave of
Treasures: Legendary lives of the
patriarchs who lived before the Deluge. Translated and edited by G. A.
Anderson and M. E. Stone. ---
University of Virginia
- Felicity and Perpetua of Carthage:
- Forty Martyrs of Sebaste:
- Gervase and Protase of Milan:
- Gorgonia, sister of Gregory the Theologian:
- Gregory of Nazianzen the Elder (father of the Theologian
Gregory):
- Gregory Thaumaturgus:
- Guria of Syria:
- Habib of Telzeha:
- Hilarion:
- Huetberht:
- Ignatius of Antioch:
- Ioasaph of Great India:
- James the Apostle:
- Januarius of Benevento:
- John the Almsgiver:
- Julian the Hospitaller:
- Justin Martyr:
- Laurence the Deacon:
- Liutberga of Windenhausen, German abbess, (IX Century):
- Maccabee Family:
- Macrina:
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Gregory of Nyssa: Life of Macrina:
Macrina was Gregory's sister and a major influence on his
thought. Apart from its religious aspect, this is one of the few ancient
biographies of a woman intellectual. Clarke translation, 1916.
--- MSBP
- Malchus the Maronite:
- Mark the Apostle:
- Martin of Tours:
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Sulpitius Severus: Life of St. Martin:
It was Martin of Tours, more than anyone else, who
was responsible for spreading monasticism in Western Europe, and it was this
biography, written while the saint was still alive, which made Martin famous
throughout the Empire. Roberts translation, 1894.
-- E. KNUTH
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Sulpitius Severus: The Dialogues:
Sequel to the Life of St. Martin. Roberts
translation, 1894. --- CCEL
- Martin I, Pope of Rome, (VII Century):
- Mary of Egypt:
- Matrona of Perge, Byzantine abbess, (V/VI Centuries):
- Maximin of Micy, Gallic abbot, (VI Century):
- Meinrad of Einsiedeln:
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The Vita (or Passio) of Venerable Meinrad, the Hermit
from Monumenta Germaniae Historica, XX
Century translation by the monks of St. Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, IN,
USA. Possibly an account by a X Century monk of Reichenau, this life tells
of Meinrad's desire for solitude in which to pray and relates the events
surrounding his death. --- St.
Meinrad Archabbey
- Meletius, Bishop of Antioch:
- Nicarete, Byzantine noblewoman, (IV/V Centuries):
- Nicholas of Myra:
- Nina (Nino) of Georgia:
- Ninian of Scotland:
- Olaf of Norway:
- Onnophrius (Onuphrius) of the Desert:
- Palladius of Ireland, Roman missionary, (V Century):
- Patrick of Ireland:
- Paul the Hermit:
- Pelagia of Caesarea:
- Perpetua and Felicity of Carthage:
- Peter of Alexandria:
- Peter of Canterbury, Roman monastic in England, (VI/VII
Centuries):
- Pisentius of Qift (Non-Chalcedonian):
- Polycarp of Smyrna:
Polyeuctus, Roman soldier martyred in Cappadocia, (III
Century):
Gregory of Tours: Life of St. Polyeuctus.
From The Glory of the Martyrs. Harrison
translation, 1986. --- T. Parment
Porphyry, Bishop of Gaza, (IV/V Centuries):
Mark the Deacon: Life of Saint Porphyry, Bishop of Gaza:
Written by Porphyry's own disciple. Describes
among other things how the State, at the Church's request, forcibly
suppressed pagan worship (although not all ancient sources agree that
Porphyry favored this.) Also describes the veneration of the True Cross in
Jerusalem. Hill translation, 1913.
--- MSBP
Protase and Gervase of Milan:
Ambrose of Milan: Twenty-Second
Epistle (To Marcellina): Relates his
discovery of the relics of Saints Gervase and Protase.
--- CCEL
Quentin of Vermandois, martyr, :
Ouen (Dado) of Rouen: The Life of St. Eligius.
Scroll to para. 33 of Book One for an account of
how St. Quentin's relics were re-discovered in the VII Century.
Romylos the New, Byzantine hesychast, (XIV Century):
Gregory of Constantinople: The Life of St. Romylos:
Bartusis et al. translation, 1982.
--- MSBP
Rupert of Salzburg:
Two Lives of Saints Rupert (Robert) and Erendruda
--- SPL
Scillitan Martyrs (Carthage):
Acts of the Scillitan Martyrs
--- MSBP
Sergius of Radonezh:
Life, Acts, and Miracles of our Revered, Holy Father Sergius:
Source not indicated.
--- University of Durham
Seven Sleepers of Ephesus:
Chardri: The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
A late Wesern version, written in Anglo-Norman. Morinelli
translation. --- MSBP
Shamuna of Syria:
Jacob of Serugh: Homily on Guria and Shamuna.
--- NA
Sharbil of Edessa:
Acts of Sharbil: --- NA
Sigfrid:
Bede: Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow
Giles translation, 1910.
--- MSBP
Stephen the Protomartyr:
Gregory of Nyssa: Two Homilies Concerning Saint Stephen:
Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir)
McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
Thecla of Iconium:
Acts of Paul and Thecla ---
SPL
Theodore the Greatmartyr:
Gregory of Nyssa: In Praise of the Great Martyr Theodore:
Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir)
McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
Theodore of Sykeon:
The Life of St. Theodore of Sykeon:
Dawes translation, 1948.
--- MSBP
Theophilus, martyr:
Gonzalo de Berceo: Miracle of Theophilus:
Marchand translation, 1995. ---
UIUC
Vedast (or Foster), Bishop of Arras, (V/VI Centuries):
Alcuin: Life of St. Vedastus:
Describes the conversion of King Clovis to Orthodoxy. Lasnier
translation, 1996. --- University of
Kansas
Lives of Western Saints, (XI/XV
Centuries):
- General:
- Francis of Assisi, Italian ascetic, (XII/XIII Centuries):
- Goderic, English hermit, (XII Century):
- Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun, (XVI Century):
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Copyright © 1996, Karen Rae Keck and Norman Hugh Redington.
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