Greek version of the Martyrdom of *Agatha (virgin and martyr of Catania, S00794). Skeleton entry
Evidence ID
E06605
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdom
Greek version of the Martyrdom of Agatha (BHG 36, 37-37a, 37d)
We have not examined this text, nor compared it to stories of the martyrdom in other languages. It is believed to be based on a Martyrdom originally written in Latin (cf. E01916).
Note that translations of hagiographical literature into other ancient languages are not as a rule recorded in the Cult of Saints database, unless there is evidence to suggest that the translation dates from the 7th century or earlier.
Source
For the manuscript tradition, see:http://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/14395/
http://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/14396/
For the edition, see Bibliography.
Bibliography
Text:Migne, J.P., Patrologia Graeca 114 (Paris, 1903), 1331-1346. (BHG 37-37d)
Further reading:
Milazzo, V., "La Sicilia: Agata e Lucia. Note agiografiche," in: A. Tilatti and F. G. B. Trolese (eds.), Giustina e le altre. Sante e culti femminili in Italia settentrionale dalla prima età Cristiana al secolo XII. Atti del VI Convegno di studio dell'Associazione italiana per lo studio della santità, dei culti e dell'agiografia. Padova, 4-6 ottobre 2004 (Roma 2009), 243-270.
Philippart, G., "L'hagiographie sicilienne dans le cadre de l'hagiographie de l'Occident," in: R. Barcellona and S. Pricoco (eds.), La Sicilia nella tarda antichità e nell'alto medioevo. Religione e società. Atti del Convegno di Studi. Catania-Paternò, 24-27 sett. 1997 (Soveria Mannelli 1999), 182.
Pricoco, S., "Monaci e santi di Sicilia," in: Idem (ed.), Monaci, filosofi e santi. Saggi di storia della cultura tardoantica (Soveria Mannelli 1992), 242-244.
Re, M. "Italo-Greek Hagiography," in: S. Efthymiadis (ed.), The Ashgate Research Companion to Byzantine Hagiography I: Periods and Places (Farnham 2011), 230.
Record Created By
Nikolaos Kälviäinen
Date of Entry
26/09/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00794 | Agatha, virgin and martyr of Catania | Certain |
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