Medieval Penitential Literature

Category: Penitential Literature

  • Penitential of Cummean

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    INCIPIT PROLOGUS DE MEDICINAE SALUTARIS ANIMORUM ©  Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Bav. Pav. Lat. 485 /0208 Seventh-century Irish text, written by Cummean of Clonfert, who died in 662 according to the Annals of Ulster. The text has a prologue, 202 canons and an epilogue.  Manuscripts: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodl. 311 (2122) [s.X] (fol. 001r @ LUNA). Vatican Library, Palat. Lat.…

  • Penitential of Columbanus

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    PAENITENTIALE S. COLUMBANUS  This text is attributed to Columbanus of Bangor and Bobbio (died in 615). It certainly emanates from his milieu and was written for his monastic foundations in Merovingian Gaul at the end of the sixth-century of beginning of the seventh. It has a short prologue and comprises of 42 canons divided into 5 sessions. …

  • Preface of Gildas on Penance

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    © BHF, Latin 3182, p.280. INCIPT PRAEFATIO GILDAE DE POENITENTIA Insular text, probably from the 6th century (27 canons), attributed to Gildas.  Manuscripts: Cambrai, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 625 (576) [s. ix, northern France] ff. 52r-54v. Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Latin 3182, Codex Bigotianus, [s.X, Brittany]. p. 280-281. Catalogue Information. Editions: F.W.H. Wasserschleben (1851), Die Bussordnungen der adendländischen Kirche. Halle: Verlag, p.105-108. Schmitz, H.J. (ed.) (1858) Die Bussbücher und die Bussdisciplin…

  • Excerpts from a Book of David

    Excerpts from a Book of David

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    Insular text, probably from the 6th century (16 canons).

  • Synod of the Grove of Victory

    Synod of the Grove of Victory

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    Insular text, probably from the 6th century (9 canons).

  • Synod of North Britain

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    INCIPT NUNC SINODUS AQUILONALIS BRITANIAE © BHF, Latin 3182, p.281. Insular text, probably from the 6th century (5 canons).  Manuscript: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Latin 3182, Codex Bigotianus, [s.X, Brittany]. p. 281-282. Catalogue Information. Editions: F.W.H. Wasserschleben (1851), Die Bussordnungen der adendländischen Kirche. Halle: Verlag, p.103. Schmitz, H.J. (ed.) (1858) Die Bussbücher und die Bussdisciplin der Kirche. Nach handschriftlichen Quellen dargestellt, Mainz [2nd ed.,…