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  • Record Number: 2730
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Howlett , David.
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  • Title: Vita I Sanctae Brigitae
  • Source: Peritia: Journal of the Medieval Academy of Ireland 12, ( 1998): Pages 1 - 23.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Aileranus Sapiens, Lector of Clonard and Author- Vita I Sanctae Brigitae Brigit, Abbess of Kildare, Saint Hagiography Ireland Latin Literature Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 7
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  • Abstract: Evidence is presented here for the orthographic, grammatical, and syntactical correctness and the computistic and architectonic competence of composition of "Vita I sanctae Brigitae," its priority to and influence on the "Vita II" by Cogitosus of Kildare, and its authorship by Aileranus Sapiens, lector of Clonard, who died in 665. [Reproduced by permission of Brepols Publishers.]
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  • Author's Affiliation: Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford;david.howlett@bodley.ox.ac.uk
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  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 03321592