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The Greek Martyrdom of *Vitus, Modestus and Crescentia (martyrs of Sicily and Lucania, S00599). Skeleton entry

Evidence ID

E07368

Type of Evidence

Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdom

Martyrdom of Vitus, Modestus and Crescentia (BHG 1876, 1876a-1876c)

We have not examined these texts (see E02521 for the Latin version, possibly based on a Greek original).

Source

For the manuscript tradition, see:
https://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/18180/
https://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/18181/
https://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/18182/
https://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/18183/

For the edition, see Bibliography.


Bibliography

Text with Italian translation:
Re, M., La Passio dei santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia. Introduzione, edizione delle recensioni greche (BHG 1876, 1876 a-c) e della versione latina BHL 8713. Traduzioni, note e indici, (Palermo, 2018), 123-230.

Further reading:
Re, M., "Note per un’edizione delle recensioni greche del martirio di san Vito," in: A. Rigo (ed.), Vie per Bisanzio. VIII Congresso Nazionale dell'Associazione Italiana di Studi Bizantini. Venezia, 25-28 novembre 2009, (Bari, 2013), 1039-1052.

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

17/01/2019

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00599Vitus and companions, martyrs of Sicily and LucaniaCertain


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