Patrologia Latina
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The Patrologia Latina (Latin for The Latin Patrology) is an enormous collection of the writings of the Church Fathers and other ecclesiastical writers published by Jacques-Paul Migne between 1841 and 1855, with indices published between 1862 and 1865. It is also known as the Latin series as it formed one half of Migne's Patrologiae Cursus Completus, the other part being the Patrologia Graeco-Latina of patristic and medieval Greek works with their (sometimes non-matching) medieval Latin translations.
Although consisting of reprints of old editions, which often contain mistakes and do not comply with modern standards of scholarship, the series, due to its availability (it is present in many academic libraries) and the fact that it incorporates many texts of which no modern critical edition is available, is still widely used by scholars of the Middle Ages and is in this respect comparable to the Monumenta Germaniae Historica.
The Patrologia Latina includes Latin works spanning a millennium, from Tertullian (d. 230) to Pope Innocent III (d. 1216), edited in roughly chronological order in 217 volumes; volumes 1 to 73, from Tertullian to Gregory of Tours, were published from 1841 to 1849, and volumes 74 to 217, from Pope Gregory I to Innocent III, from 1849 to 1855. Although the collection ends with Innocent III,[1] Migne originally wanted to include documents all the way up to the Reformation; this task proved too great, but some later commentaries or documents associated with earlier works were included.
Most of the works are ecclesiastic in nature, but there are also documents of literary, historical or linguistic (such as the Gothic bible in vol. 18) interest.
The original printing plates for the Patrologia were destroyed by fire in 1868. However, with help from the Garnier printing house they were restored, and new editions were printed beginning in the 1880s. The content within these reprints is not always identical to the original series, either in quality or internal arrangement. The new editions have been described as "inferior in a number of respects to Migne's own first editions."[2]
Table of contents[]
The Patrologia Latina contains authors of the 2nd to 13th centuries, in roughly chronological order, in 217 volumes: 2nd–4th c.: 1–19; 4th–5th c.: 20–63; 5th–6th c.: 64–72; 6th–7th c.: 74–88; 7th–8th c.: 89–96; 8th–9th c.: 97–130; 9th/10th c.: 131–136; 10th/11th c.: 137–149; 11th/12th c.: 151–174; 12th c.: 175–205; 12th/13th c.: 206–217.
Vol. | Authors |
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1–2 | Tertullianus |
3–5 | Minucius Felix, Dionysius Alexandrinus, Cornelius papa, Novatianus, Stephanus I, Cyprianus Carthaginensis, Arnobius Afer, Commodianus Gazaeus |
6–7 | Lactantius |
8 | Constantinus I, Victorinus Petavionensis |
9–10 | Hilarius Pictaviensis |
11 | Zeno Veronensis, Optatus Milevitanus |
12 | Eusebius Vercellensis, Firmicus Maternus |
13 | Damasus, Pacianus, Lucifer Calaritanus |
14–17 | Ambrosius Mediolanensis |
18 | Ulfilas Gothorum, Symmachus, Martinus Turonensis, Tichonius |
19 | Juvencus, Sedulius Coelius, Optatianus, Severus Rhetor, Faltonia Proba |
20 | Sulpicius Severus, Paulinus Mediolanensis, Faustus Manichaeus, Innocentius I, Aurelius Episcopus Carthaginensis |
21 | Rufinus Aquileiensis, Pelagius haeresiarcha |
22–30 | Hieronymus Stridonensis |
31 | Flavius Lucius Dexter, Paulus Orosius |
32–47 | Augustinus Hipponensis |
48 | Marius Mercator |
49–50 | Joannes Cassianus |
51 | Prosper Aquitanus |
52 | Petrus Chrysologus |
53 | Mamertus Claudianus, Salvianus Massiliensis, Arnobius junior, Patricius Hiberniae |
54–56 | Leo I |
57 | Maximus Taurinensis |
58 | Hilarus papa, Simplicius papa, Felix III |
59 | Gelasius I, Avitus Viennensis, Faustinus |
60 | Aurelius Prudentius, Dracontius |
61 | Paulinus Nolanus, Orientius, Auspicius Tullensis |
62 | , Sanctus Symmachus, , Virgilius Tapsensis, Leo I Magnus, Concilium Chalcedonense, Athanasius, Rusticus Helpidius, Eugyppius Africae |
63 | Boetius, Ennodius Felix, Trifolius presbyter, Hormisdas I, |
64 | Boetius |
65 | Fulgentius Ruspensis, Felix IV, Bonifacius II |
66 | Benedictus pater monachorum Occidentalium |
67 | Dionysius Exiguus, Viventiolus Lugdunensis, Trojanus Santonensis, Pontianus Africae, Caesarius Arelatensis, Fulgentius Ferrandus |
68 | Primasius Adrumetanus, Arator, Nicetius Trevirensis, Aurelianus Arelatensis |
69–70 | Cassiodorus |
71 | Gregorius Turonensis |
72 | Pelagius II, Joannes II, Benedictus I |
73–74 | Vitae Patrum |
75–78 | Gregorius I |
79 | Eutropius Episcopus, Gregorius I, Paterius (Notarius Gregorii I), |
80 | Auctores VI-VII saec. (Maximus Caesaraugustanus Episcopus, Eutropius Episcopus, , Dinothus Abbas, , Augustinus Apostolus Anglorum, SS Bonifacius IV, , , , , Gondemarus Rex Gothorum, , , Columbanus Hibernus, , Aileranus Scoto Hibernus, Ethelbertus Anglorum, SS Adeodatus I, Sisebutus Gothorum, Bertichramnus Cenomanensis, , SS Bonifacius V, , , Chlotarius II Francorum Rex, SS Honorius I, Dagobertus Francorum Rex, , Sulpicius Bituricensis Episcopus, , SS Ioannes IV, , , Braulio Caesaraugustiani, Taio Caesaraugustianus Episcopus) |
81–84 | Isidorus Hispalensis |
85–86 | Liturgia Mozarabica |
87 | Auctores VII saec. |
88 | Venantius Fortunatus, Crisconius Africanus |
89 | Sergius I, Joannes VI, Felix Ravennatensis, Bonifacius Moguntinus |
90–94 | Beda |
95 | Beda, Paulus Winfridus |
96 | Hildefonsus Toletanus, Julianus Toletanus, Leo II |
97–98 | Carolus Magnus, Ludovicus I, Lotharius, Rudolphus I |
99 | Paulinus Aquileiensis, Theodorus Cantuariensis |
100–101 | Alcuinus |
102 | Smaragdus S. Michaelis |
103 | Benedictus Anianensis, Ardo Smaragdus, Sedulius Scotus |
104 | Agobardus Lugdunensis, Eginhardus, Claudius Taurinensis, Ludovicus Pius |
105 | Theodulfus Aurelianensis, Eigil Fuldensis, Dungalus reclusus, Ermoldus Nigellus, Symphosius Amalarius |
106 | Gregorius IV, Sergius II, Jonas Aurelianensis, Freculphus Lexoviensis, Frotharius Tullensis |
107–112 | Rabanus Maurus |
113–114 | Walafridus Strabo, the Glossa Ordinaria |
115 | Leo IV, Benedictus III, Eulogius Toletanus, Speraindeo, Prudentius Trecensis, Angelomus Lexoviensis |
116–118 | Haymo Halberstatensis |
119 | Nicolaus I, Florus Lugdunensis, Lupus Ferrariensis |
120 | Paschasius Radbertus |
121 | Ratramnus Corbeiensis, Aeneas Parisiensis, Remigius Lugdunensis, Wandalbertus Prumiensis, Paulus Alvarus Cordubensis, Gotteschalcus Orbacensis |
122 | Johannes Scotus Eriugena |
123 | Ado Viennensis |
124 | Usuardus Sangermanii, Carolus II Calvus |
125–126 | Hincmarus Rhemensis |
127–129 | Anastasius bibliothecarius |
130 | Isidorus Mercator |
131 | Remigius Antissiodorensis, Notkerus Balbulus |
132 | Regino Prumiensis, Hucbaldus S. Amandi |
133 | Odo Cluniacensis |
134 | Atto Vercellensis |
135 | Flodoardus Remensis, Joannes XIII |
136 | Ratherius Veronensis, Liutprandus Cremonensis |
137 | Hrothsuita Gandersheimensis, Widukindus Corbeiensis, Dunstanus Cantuariensis, Adso Dervensis, |
138 | Richerus S. Remigii |
139 | Sylvester II (Gerbertus), Aimoinus Floriacensis, Abbo Floriacensis, Thietmarus Merseburgensis |
140 | Burchardus Wormaciensis, Henricus II imperator, Adelboldus Trajectensis, Thangmarus Hildesheimensis |
141 | Fulbertus Carnotensis, Guido Aretinus, Joannes XIX |
142 | Bruno Herbipolensis, Odilo Cluniacensis, Berno Augiae Divitis |
143 | Hermannus Contractus, Humbertus Silvae Candidae, Leo IX |
144–145 | Petrus Damianus |
146 | Othlonus S. Emmerammi, Adamus Bremensis, Gundecharus Eichstetensis, Lambertus Hersfeldensis, Petrus Malleacensis |
147 | Joannes Abrincensis, Bertholdus Constantiensis, Bruno Magdeburgensis, Marianus Scottus, Landulfus Mediolanensis, Alphanus Salernitanus |
148 | Gregorius VII |
149 | Victor III, Anselmus Lucensis, Willelmus Calculus |
150 | Lanfrancus Cantuariensis, Herluinus Beccensis, , , Theobaldus Beccensis Abbas, , Augustinus Cantuariensis Episcopus, Bonizio Sutrensis Placentinus Episcopus, Guillelmus Metensis Abbas, Wilhelmus Hirsaugensis Abbas, , , , , , , , Reynaldus Remensis Archiepiscopus I, Joannes Cotto, , , , , , , , , , , Constantinus Africanus Casinensis, Deusdedit Cardinalis, Willelmus Pictavensis Archidiaconus, Joannes De Garlandia, |
151 | Urbanus II |
152–153 | Bruno Carthusianorum |
154 | Hugo Flaviniacensis, Ekkehardus Uraugiensis, Wolphelmus Brunwillerensis |
155 | Godefridus Bullonius, Radulfus Ardens, Lupus Protospatarius |
156 | Guibertus S. Mariae de Novigento |
157 | Goffridus Vindocinensis, Thiofridus Efternacensis, Petrus Alphonsus |
158–159 | Anselmus Cantuariensis |
160 | Sigebertus Gemblacensis |
161 | Ivo Carnotensis |
162 | Ivo Carnotensis, Petrus Chrysolanus, Anselmus Laudunensis |
163 | Paschalis II, Gelasius II, Calixtus II |
164–165 | Bruno Astensis |
166 | Baldricus Dolensis, Honorius II, Cosmas Pragensis |
167–170 | Rupertus Tuitensis |
171 | Hildebertus Turonensis, Marbodus Redonensis |
172 | Honorius Augustodunensis |
173 | Leo Marsicanus, Petrus diaconus, Rodulfus S. Trudonis |
174 | Godefridus Admontensis |
175–177 | Hugo de S. Victore |
178 | Petrus Abaelardus |
179 | Willelmus Malmesburiensis |
180 | Eugenius III, Guillelmus S. Theodorici |
181 | Herveus Burgidolensis |
182–185 | Bernardus Claraevallensis |
186 | Sugerius S. Dionysii, Robertus Pullus, Zacharias Chrysopolitanus |
187 | Gratianus |
188 | Ordericus Vitalis, Anastasius IV, Adrianus IV |
189 | Petrus Venerabilis |
190 | Thomas Cantuariensis, Herbertus de Boseham, Gilbertus Foliot |
191–192 | Petrus Lombardus |
193 | Garnerius S. Victoris, Gerhohus Reicherspergensis |
194 | Gerhohus Reicherspergensis, Hugo Pictavinus, Isaac de Stella, Alcherus Claraevallensis |
195 | Eckbertus Abas Schonaugiensis, Elisabeth Schonaugiensis, Aelredus Rievallensis, Wolbero S. Pantaleonis |
196 | Richardus S. Victoris |
197 | Hildegardis abbatissa |
198 | Adamus Scotus, Petrus Comestor, Godefridus Viterbiensis |
199 | Joannes Saresberiensis |
200 | Alexander III |
201 | Arnulfus Lexoviensis, Guillelmus Tyrensis |
202 | Petrus Cellensis, Urbanus III, Gregorius VIII, Hugo Eterianus, Gilbertus Foliot |
203 | Philippus de Harveng |
204 | Reinerus S. Laurentii Leodiensis, Clemens III |
205 | Petrus Cantor, Gernerius Lingonensis episcopus, Gaufridus subprior canonoicorum regularium, Mauricius de Sulliaco Parisiensis episcopus, Odo Tullensis episcopus, Alexander Gemmeticensis abbas, Geraldus Cadurcensis episcopus, Matthaeus Vindocinensis |
206 | Coelestinus III, Thomas Cisterciensis, Joannes Algrinus |
207 | Petrus Blesensis |
208 | Martinus Legionensis |
209 | Martinus Legionensis, Wilhelmus Daniae, Gualterus de Castellione |
210 | Alanus de Insulis |
211 | Stephanus Tornacensis, Petrus Pictaviensis, Adamus Perseniae |
212 | Helinandus Frigidi Montis, Guntherus Cisterciensis, Odo de Soliaco |
213 | Sicardus Cremonensis, Petrus Sarnensis |
214–217 | Innocentius III vol. 214 vol. 215vol. 216 |
218–221 | Indices |
Authors by rank or background[]
Secular rulers[]
- Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus (155)
- Crusader King Baldwin I of Jerusalem (155)
- Roman emperor Constantine I (8)
- Frankish Emperor Charlemagne (97–98)
- King Charles the Bald (124)
- Crusader Godfrey of Bouillon (155)
- Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (140)
- King Lotharius I (97–98)
- King Louis the Pious (104)
- King Louis VII of France (155)
Popes[]
- Pope Adrian IV (188)
- Pope Alexander III (200)
- Pope Anastasius IV (188)
- Pope Benedict I (72)
- Pope Benedict III (115)
- Pope Boniface II (64)
- Pope Calixtus II (163)
- Pope Celestine III (206)
- Pope Clement III (204)
- Pope Cornelius (3)
- Pope Eugene III (180)
- Pope Felix III (58)
- Pope Felix IV (64)
- Pope Gelasius I (59)
- Pope Gelasius II (163)
- Pope Gregory I (75–79)
- Pope Gregory IV (106)
- Pope Gregory VIII (202)
- Pope Hilarius (58)
- Pope Honorius II (166)
- Pope Hormisdas (63)
- Pope Innocent III (214–217)
- Pope John II (72)
- Pope John VI (89)
- Pope John XIII (135)
- Pope John XIX (141)
- Pope Innocent I (20)
- Pope Leo I (54–56)
- Pope Leo II (96)
- Pope Leo IV (115)
- Pope Nicholas I (119)
- Pope Paschal II (163)
- Pope Pelagius II (72)
- Pope Sergius I (89)
- Pope Sergius II (106)
- Pope Simplicius (58)
- Pope Stephen I (3)
- Pope Sylvester II (139)
- Pope Leo IX (143)
- Pope Gregory VII (148)
- Pope Victor III (149)
- Pope Urban II (151)
- Pope Urban III (202)
Other bishops[]
- Absalon, bishop of Roskilde, Danish statesman and archbishop of Lund (209)
- Adalberon, bishop of Laon (141)
- Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne (89)
- Bishop Saint Ambrose of Milan (14–17)
- Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury (158–159)
- Bishop Anselm of Lucca (149)
- Bishop Saint Augustine of Hippo (32–47)
- Bishop Avitus of Vienne (59)
- Bishop Baldric of Dol-en-Bretagne (166)
- Saint Cassian of Imola, bishop of Brescia (49–50)
- Bishop of Poitiers Gilbert de la Porrée (64)
- Bishop Saint Gregory of Tours (71)
- Bishop Saint Hilary of Arles (50)
- Bishop Saint Hilary of Poitiers, Doctor of the Church (9–10)
- Bishop Saint Isidore of Seville (81–84)
- Bishop Ivo of Chartres (161–162)
- Bishop of Chartres John of Salisbury (199)
- Archbishop of Canterbury Lanfranc (150)
- Bishop Liutprand of Cremona (136)
- Bishop Saint Martin of Tours (18)
- Bishop of Paris Maurice de Sully (200)
- Bishop Odo of Bayeux (155)
- Missionary Bishop Saint Patrick (53)
- Bishop Saint Paulinus of Nola (61)
- Bishop of Paris Peter Lombard (191–192)
- Archbishop of Canterbury Theodore of Tarsus (99)
- Bishop Thietmar of Merseburg (139)
- Archbishop of Canterbury Saint Thomas Becket (190)
- Missionary Bishop Ulfilas, bible translator into Gothic (18)
- Archbishop William of Tyre (201)
Other clerics[]
- Abbot Abbo of Fleury (139)
- Abbot Adam of Perseigne (211)
- Adémar de Chabannes (141)
- Alger of Liège (180)
- archdeacon Anselm of Laon (162)
- Abbot Saint Benedict of Aniane (103)
- Abbot Saint Benedict of Nursia (66)
- Abbot Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Doctor of the Church (182–185)
- Presbyter Coelius Sedulius, poet (19)
- Monk Dionysius Exiguus (Dennis the Little or Dennis the Short) (67)
- Dudon or Dudo of Saint-Quentin, dean of Saint-Quentin (141)
- Helinand of Froidmont (212)
- Gildas of Rhuys and Llancarfan (69)
- Monk Honorius of Autun (172)
- Monk Hugh of St. Victor, philosopher (175–177)
- Abbot Saint Odo of Cluny (133)
- Benedictine monk Otloh of St. Emmeram (146)
- Petrus Comestor (198)
- Peter Tudebode (155)
- Uncanonized Saint Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny (189)
- Abbot Regino of Prüm (132)
- Prior Richard of St. Victor (196)
- Cistercian Abbot Robert of Molesme (157)
- Robert the Monk (155)
- Monk Rufinus of Aquileia, translator (21)
- Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis (186)
- Orderic Vitalis (188)
- Monk William of Malmesbury, historian (179)
Others[]
- Including those not yet categorized
- Peter Abelard (178)
- Adam of Bremen (146)
- Aimoin (139)
- Alain de Lille (210)
- Alcuin (100–101)
- Arnobius (5)
- Aurelius Prudentius Clemens (60)
- Bede (90–95)
- Boethius (63–64)
- Saint Boniface (89)
- Bruno of Chartreuse (152–153)
- Cassiodorus (69–70)
- Cyprian (3–4)
- False Decretals (56)
- Dunstan (137)
- Einhard (104)
- Eusebius of Vercelli (12)
- Flodoard (135)
- Fulbert of Chartres (141)
- Fulcher of Chartres (155)
- Gaius Marius Victorinus (8)
- Gottschalk (121)
- Gratian (187)
- Guibert of Nogent (156)
- Helgaud (141)
- Helinand of Froidmont (212)
- Hermannus Contractus (also called Hermann of Reichenau or Hermannus Augiensis)(143)
- Hildegard of Bingen (197)
- Hincmar (125–126)
- Hroswitha of Gandersheim (137)
- Pseudo-Isidore (130)
- Saint Jerome (22–30)
- Johannes Scotus Eriugena (122)
- Lactantius (6–7)
- Lucifer Calaritanus (13)
- Magnus Felix Ennodius, Latin rhetorician and poet (63)
- Marcus Minucius Felix (3)
- Marianus Scotus (147)
- Novatian (3)
- Orosius (31)
- Pelagius (21)
- Peter of Blois, French poet and diplomat (207)
- Rabanus Maurus (107–112)
- Radbertus (120)
- Ratramnus (121)
- Raymond of Aguilers (155)
- Saint Prosper of Aquitaine (51)
- Salvian (53)
- Symmachus (18)
- Saint Sulpicius Severus (20)
- Tertullian (volumes 1–2)
- Theodulf (105)
- Venantius Fortunatus (88)
- Saint Vincent of Lérins (50)
- Walafrid Strabo (113–114)
- Walter of Châtillon (209)
- Walter the Chancellor (155)
See also[]
- Patrologia Graeca
- Patrologia Orientalis
- Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum
- Corpus Christianorum
Notes[]
- ^ It includes some authors of the second quarter of the 13th century, such as John Halgren of Abbeville, and (exceptionally) John of Garland (died c. 1270) in volume 150, among authors of the 12th century.
- ^ See ProQuest – Central To Research Around The World
External links[]
- Corpus Corporum, Patrologia Latina, repository of high quality machine-readable texts organized alphabetically by author (University of Zurich)
- Complete catalog of downloadable PDFs of PL volumes in Google Books and Archive.
- Catalog of PL volumes in Google Books, by Mischa Hooker.
- Patrologia Latina Digitalized Database at Documenta Catholica Omnia.
- Patrologia Latina Database (UK) or Patrologia Latina Database (USA) (subscription required).
- (in French) Many latin and greek editions with translation in french.
- A comprehensive catalog of PL volumes in Google Books and Gallica, where was included duplicated imprints, with the year and the edition of each volume founded [Migne and/or Garnier brothers], by Francisco Arriaga [Updated May 11, 2010].
- Patrologia Latina (PL) PDF's at Roger Pearse.
- An open source XML version of the Patrologia Latina has been made available by the Open Greek and Latin Project at the University of Leipzig.
- Publications of patristic texts
- 19th-century Latin books
- Editorial collections
- Lists of books
- Middle Ages Christian texts
- Series of books