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Páis Marcellinuis ‘The passion of Marcellinus’

  • Middle Irish
  • prose
  • Irish religious texts, sermons and homilies
Homily on the passion of the Roman martyr Marcellinus.
Title
Páis Marcellinuis
‘The passion of Marcellinus’
No title occurs in the manuscript, but this title may be used by analogy with other homiletic passions in the same manuscript.
First words (prose)
  • O atchuala tra Dioclian in t-impir clu crabuid ⁊ ecna ⁊ cretmi in abbad Pasnute
Manuscripts

The text is introduced in the manuscripts by a [[Irish homily on Paphnutius and Onophrius |homily on the meeting between Paphnutius and Onophrius]], which is indexed separately in this catalogue.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 610 ff. 1–58 and ff. 73–122 = Leabhar na Rátha [1453–1454]
ff. 25ra–...
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 16 (1230) = Leabhar Breac (‘Speckled Book’) [s. xvin]
cols 7b–9a
London, British Library, MS Egerton 91 [s. xv]
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS celtique 1 (24682) [s. xv]
Language
  • Middle Irish
Date
11th century?
Form
prose (primary)

Classification

Irish religious textsIrish religious texts
...
Irish religious textsIrish religious texts
...
sermons and homiliesreligious literature
sermons and homilies
id. 29296

Subjects

Martyrdom and persecutions of Christians in the Roman Empire
Martyrdom and persecutions of Christians in the Roman Empire
id. 61146
MarcellinusMarcellinus
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Sources

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.] Atkinson, Robert, The passions and the homilies from Leabhar Breac: text, translation and glossary, Todd Lecture Series, 2, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1887.  

Note that there are various references throughout the book to material in the appendix, but in the introduction, Atkinson states he regrets “that I have not found it possible to include in the present volume the Appendix and Notes”.

CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
56–59 (edition); 295–299 (translation with introduction) [id. 4.]

Secondary sources (select)

Plummer, Charles, “A tentative catalogue of Irish hagiography”, in: Charles Plummer, Miscellanea hagiographica Hibernica: vitae adhuc ineditae sanctorum Mac Creiche, Naile, Cranat, 15, Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1925. 171–285.
Utrecht University Library: <link>
§ 334 [id. 334.]
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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August 2012, last updated: January 2024
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