Vitae sanctorum aetatis conversionis Europae Centralis (saec. X-XI) = Saints of the Christianization Age of Central Europe (Tenth-Eleventh Centuries)

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Edited by Gábor Klaniczay. Translated and annotated by Cristian Gaşpar and Marina Miladinov. With an introductory essay by Ian Wood. This volume is the first of two containing hagiographical narratives from medieval Central Europe. The lives of the saints in this volume, from the tenth to eleventh centuries, written not much later, are telling witnesses for the process of Christianization of Bohemia, Poland, Hungary and Dalmatia. Most of them became patrons of their region and highly venerated throughout the Middle Ages. The volume presents the first English translation of a legend of each of these saints with the most recent critical edition of the Latin original and prefaces discussing the textual tradition. In an appendix the extensive hagiographical literature of the saints is being critically surveyed. General Editors’ Preface vii Abbreviations ix List of Illustrations xi Ian Wood / The Hagiography of Conversion 1 Passion of Saint Wenceslas by Gumpold of Mantua (Marina Miladinov) 17 Life of Saint Adalbert Bishop of Prague and Martyr (Cristian Gaşpar) 77 Life of the Five Brethren by Bruno of Querfurt (Marina Miladinov) 183 Lives of the Holy Hermits Zoerard the Confessor and Benedict the Martyr by Blessed Maurus, Bishop of Pécs (Marina Miladinov) 315 The Deeds of Blessed Gaudentius, Bishop of Osor (Marina Miladinov, with a preface by Zrinka Nikolić) 339 Select Bibliography 363 Select Hagiography of the Saints of this Volume 381 Index of Proper Names 395 Index of Places 403