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Ó Riain, Pádraig, Beatha Ailbhe: The life of Ailbhe, Irish Texts Society, 67, London: Irish Texts Society, 2017.

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Work
Beatha Ailbhe: The life of Ailbhe
Place
London
Publisher
Irish Texts Society
Year
2017
Description
Abstract (cited)
Ailbhe, patron of the diocese of Cashel and Emly, a ‘second Patrick’ with ‘all Munster behind him’, was the most prominent southern Irish saint to have been made the subject of a Life. In this volume, all surviving textual witnesses, Latin and Irish, to Ailbhe’s Life are brought together under one cover. Each of the Latin and Irish texts is provided with an English translation. The Latin version of the saint’s Life in Rawlinson MS 505, and the vernacular version in Brussels MS 2324-40 are edited here for the first time.
Comments
Contents: Preface; 1. Previous work on the Lives of St Ailbhe; 2. Contents of the Life; 3. Manuscripts, editions and character of the various recensions; 4. The Codex Samanticensis (S) version of the Latin Life; 5. The Rawlinson (R) version of Ailbhe's Life; 6. The Trinity College (T) and Marsh's Library (M) version of the Life; 7. The vernacular version of the Life; Commentary; Appendices.
Subjects and topics
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History, society and culture
Agents
Ailbe of EmlyAilbe of Emly
(supp. fl. 5th/early 6th century)
Patron saint of Imlech Ibair (Emly, Co. South Tipperary), remembered as one of the pre-Patrician saints of Munster.
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
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December 2018, last updated: April 2021