Vitas Patrum Emeritensium
The Vitas Patrum Emeritensium is an early medieval Latin hagiographical work written by an otherwise unknown Paul, a deacon of Mérida. The work narrates the lives of the five bishops who held the see of Mérida in the second half of the 6th-century and the first half of the 7th-century: Paul, Fidelis, Masona, and , with particular space being given to the life of Masona.[1]
The date of composition is debated, but is generally thought to have been made in the 7th-century, with the preface and the first three chapters added on in later centuries.[2][3] However, some scholars argue that the work could have been written as late as the 9th-century.[1] First printed in 1633 in Madrid, only half a dozen manuscripts plus some fragments survive.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Francis Clark, The Pseudo-Gregorian Dialogues, Brill, 1997, pp. 131-135
- ^ Vitas sanctorum patrum Emeretensium. Paul, of Mérida, deacon of Mérida, active 7th century., Maya Sánchez, A. Turnholti [Turnhout, Belgium]: Brepols. 1992. ISBN 2503011616. OCLC 26115418.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Kulikowski, Michael (2004-08-30). Late Roman Spain and Its Cities. JHU Press. p. 389. ISBN 9780801879784.
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