Sanctitas principum : sancti reges, duces, episcopi et abbates Europae Centralis (saec. XI-XIII) = Sanctity of the leaders : holy kings, princes, bishops, and abbots from Central Europe (eleventh to thirteenth centuries) / edited by Gabor Klaniczay and Ildiko Csepregi ; translated by Cristian Gaspar, Janos M. Bak, Nora Berend, and Marina Miladinov [Schumann] ; prefaces written by Gabor Bradacs [and 7 others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Klaniczay, Gábor, editor.

Csepregi, Ildikó, editor.

Gaspar, Cristian, translator.

Bak, János M., translator.

Berend, Nora, translator.

Schumann, Marina, 1965- translator.

Bradacs, Gabor, writer of preface.

Series:

Central European medieval texts ; volume 7.

Central European Medieval texts, 1419-7782 ; volume 7

Standardized Title:

Sanctitas principum (Compilation)

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Christian saints--Europe, Central--Legends--Early works to 1800.

Christian saints.

Christian saints--Europe, Eastern--Legends--Early works to 1800.

Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Translations into English.

Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern).

Europe, Central--Church history--Early works to 1800.

Europe, Central.

Europe, Eastern--Church history--Early works to 1800.

Europe, Eastern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (694 pages)

Edition:

Critical edition.

Other Title:

Sanctity of the leaders : holy kings, princes, bishops, and abbots from Central Europe (eleventh to thirteenth centuries)

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English and Latin on facing pages.

Summary:

The latest title in the Central European Medieval Texts series contains the lives of saints who were canonized in the eleventh through thirteenth centuries in the newly Christianized countries of Central and Eastern Europe (Bohemia, Poland, Hungary, and Dalmatia). A rejoinder to the earlier volume in the series, the Saints of the Christianization Age of Central Europe (CEMT, Vol. 6), containing hermits, missionaries, and martyrs, this second volume of hagiography is dominated by political or ecclesiastical leaders who became saintly patrons of their region and were highly venerated throughout the Middle Ages. The legends in the volume present the two Hungarian holy kings Stephen and Ladislas, the holy duke Emeric, the Czech holy abbot Prokop of Sázava, three bishops, the Venetian-Hungarian Gellért of Csanád, the Polish Stanislas of Cracow (both martyrs), and the Dalmatian holy bishop Saint John of Trogir. Each “vita” is published in Latin original with an English translation and with prefaces discussing the textual tradition. Saints’ lives have been recognized as an invaluable source of information on social and economic history, the history of mentalities and everyday life, cultural history, and, above all, as a special genre with crucial importance and prevalence in medieval literature.

Contents:

Cover

Front matter

Series title page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Abbreviations

INTRODUCTION: Gábor Klaniczay - Hagiography in Central Europe in the Central Middle Ages

I. SAINT STEPHEN OF HUNGARY

Gábor Thoroczkay - Preface

Vita Sancti Stephani regis (Legenda maior) / Life of King Saint Stephen (Major legend) (transl. Cristian Gaşpar)

Vita et actus Sancti Stephani regis Pannoniorum (Legenda minor) / Life and Deeds of Saint Stephen, King of the Pannonians(Minor legend) (transl. Cristian Gaşpar)

Legenda S. Stephani regis ab Hartvico episcopo conscripta / Life of King St. Stephen written by Bishop Hartvic (transl. Nora Berend and Cristian Gaşpar)

II. SAINT EMERIC

Gábor Bradács and Dorottya Uhrin - Preface

Vita Sancti Emerici ducis / Life of Duke Saint Emeric (transl. Cristian Gaşpar)

III. SAINT GERARD

Cristian Gaşpar and Gábor Klaniczay - Preface

Passio beatissimi Gerardi (Legenda minor) / Passion of the Most Blessed Gerard (Minor legend) (transl. Cristian Gaşpar)

De Sancto Gerhardo episcopo Morosenensi et martyre regni Ungariae (Legenda maior) / On Saint Gerard Bishop of Marosvár and Martyr of the Kingdom of Hungary (Major legend) (transl. János M. Bak)

IV. SAINT PROCOPIUS OF SÁZAVA

Petr Sommer - Preface

Vita sancti Procopii minor / Minor Life of Saint Procopius(transl. Cristian Gaşpar)

V. SAINT LADISLAUS OF HUNGARY

Gábor Klaniczay - Preface

De Sancto Ladizlao rege Ungarie / On Saint Ladislaus Kingof Hungary (transl. Cristian Gaşpar)

VI. SAINT JOHN OF TROGIR

Ana Marinković - Preface

Vita S. Joannis ep. Traguriensis / Life of St John of Trogir (transl. Marina Miladinov [Schumann])

VII. SAINT STANISLAUS OF CRACOW

Stanislava Kuzmová - Preface.

Vita Sancti Stanislai Episcopi Cracoviensis (Vita minor) / Life of Saint Stanislaus, Bishop of Cracow (Minor life) (transl. Cristian Gaşpar)

Select Bibliography

Select Hagiography of the Saints in this Volume

St. Stephen

St. Emeric

St. Gerard

St. Procopius

St. Ladislaus

St. John of Trogir

St. Stanislaus

Contributors to the volume

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

Print on demand edition.

Translated from the Latin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print record.

Contains:

Container of: Sanctitas principum. English.

ISBN:

1-003-72307-1

615-5225-59-1

9781003723073

OCLC:

1378391466