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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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The Greek Acts of *Andrew (the Apostle, S00288). Probably originally composed in the 2nd/3rd century. Skeleton entry

Evidence ID

E07879

Type of Evidence

Literary - Hagiographical - Collections of miracles

The Acts of Andrew (BHG 95)

We have not examined this text.

Source

The Acts of Andrew in their original form are believed to have been composed in the 2nd or 3rd century. However, the text survives only in various fragmentary recensions (and translations/reworkings in other languages), from which it has to be pieced together. Via a now lost Latin version, it was the source of Gregory of Tours' Miracles of the Blessed Apostle Andrew (E07877). For an accessible account of the different versions, see Elliott 1993, 231-239.


Bibliography

Editions:
Prieur, J.-M., Acta Andreae. Textus (Corpus Christianorum, Series Apocryphorum 6; Turnhout: Brepols, 1989), 442-549, with French translation.

Further reading:
Bremmer, J.N. (ed.), The Apocryphal Acts of Andrew (Leuven: Peeters, 2000).

Elliott, J.K.,
The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English Translation (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993), with English translation.

Flamion, J.,
Les Actes Apocryphes de l'Apôtre André. Les Actes d'André et de Mathias, de Pierre et d'André et les textes apparentés (Louvain, 1911).

Prieur, J.-M.,
Acta Andreae. Praefatio Commentarius (Corpus Christianorum, Series Apocryphorum 5; Turnhout: Brepols, 1989).

Roig Lanzillotta, L.,
Acta Andreae Apocrypha: A New Perspective on the Nature, Intention and Significance of the Primitive Text (Geneva: Patrick Cramer, 2007).


Record Created By

David Lambert

Date of Entry

16/05/2020

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00288Andrew, the ApostleCertain


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