Clemens saga.pdf

VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH

TEXT SERIES

GENERAL EDITORS

Anthony Faulkes and Alison Finlay

VOLUME XVII

CLEMENS SAGA

THE LIFE OF ST CLEMENT OF ROME

CLEMENS SAGA

THE LIFE OF ST CLEMENT OF ROME

EDITED AND TRANSLATED

HELEN CARRON

VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

2005

ISBN: 0 903521 67 9

Printed by Short Run Press Limited, Exeter

CONTENTS

Introduction ..................................................................... vii

I Saints’ lives in Iceland ................................................... vii

II.1 Material from the Recognitiones ..................................... xi

II.2 Material from the Latin Passio .................................. xviii

III Structure and style ......................................................... xxi

IV Manuscripts .................................................................. xxiii

V Date of the manuscript ................................................ xxiv

VI Normalisation of the text .............................................. xxv

Bibliography ................................................................ xxvi

Text and translation .......................................................... 1

Index ................................................................................. 54