The book of Sainte Foy / translated with an introduction and notes by Pamela Sheingorn ; The song of Sainte Foy translated by Robert L.A. Clark.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sheingorn, Pamela.

Clark, Robert L. A.

Series:

Middle Ages series.

Middle Ages series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foy, Saint, approximately 290-303.

Foy.

Christian child saints--France--Conques--Biography.

Christian child saints.

Conques (Aveyron, France)--Religious life and customs.

Conques (Aveyron, France).

France--Religious life and customs.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 329 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Sainte Foy

Sainte Foy.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The miracle stories surrounding Sainte Foy form one of the most complete sets of material relating to a medieval saint's cult and its practices. Pamela Sheingorn's superb translation from the Medieval Latin texts now makes this literature available in English. The Book of Sainte Foy recounts the virgin saint's martyrdom in the third century (Passio), the theft of her relics in the late ninth century by the monks of the monastery at Conques (Translatio), and her diverse miracles (Liber miraculorum); also included is a rendering of the Provençal Chanson de Sainte Foy, translated by Robert L. A. Clark. The miracles distinguish Sainte Foy as an unusual and highly individualistic child saint displaying a fondness for gold and pretty things, as well as a penchant for playing practical jokes on her worshippers. In his record of Sainte Foy, Bernard of Angers, the eleventh-century author of the first parts of the Liber miraculorum, emphasized the saint's "unheard of" miracles, such as replacing missing body parts and bringing dead animals back to life. The introduction to the volume situates Sainte Foy in the history in the history of hagiography and places the saint and her monastery in the social context of the high Middle Ages. Sheingorn also evokes the rugged landscape of south central France, the picturesque village of Conques on the pilgrimage road, and, most important, the golden, jewel-encrusted reliquary statue that medieval believers saw as the embodiment of Sainte Foy's miracle-working power. In no other book will readers enjoy such a comprehensive portrait of Sainte Foy and the culture that nurtured her.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Figures

Preface

Introduction

The Passion of Sainte Foy

The Book of Sainte Foy's Miracles

The Translation of Sainte Foy

The Song of Sainte Foy translation by Robert L. A. Clark

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Chiefly a translation of the medieval Latin text of the Liber miraculorum sancte Fidis, by Bernard of Angers (Bernardus scholasticus); included are also translations from Latin of a liturgical Passio Sanctae Fidis and of anon. report on the transfer (translatio) of the Saint's relics; the Song of Sainte Foy translated from Provençal.

Second paperback printing 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-318) and index.

Contains:

Bernard, d'Angers, active 1010-1020. Liber miraculorum Sanctae Fidis. English

Chanson de Sainte Foy. English

ISBN:

9786613210999

9781283210997

1283210991

9780812200522

0812200527

9780585172262

0585172269

OCLC:

44955844