Vitas Patrum Emeritensium

The Vitas Patrum Emeritensium is an early Medieval Latin hagiographical work written by an otherwise unknown Paul, the Deacon of Mérida. The work narrates the lives of the five bishops who held the see of Mérida in the second half of the 6th-century and the first half of the 7th-century, which were Paul, Fidelis, Masona, Innocentius and Renovatius, with particular space being given to the life of Masona.[1]

The date of composition is debated, but is generally thought to have been made in the 7th-century, with the preface and the first three chapters added on in later centuries.[2][3] However, some scholars argue that the work could have been written as late as the 9th-century.[1] First printed in 1633 in Madrid, only half a dozen manuscripts plus some fragments survive.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Francis Clark, The Pseudo-Gregorian Dialogues, Brill, 1997, pp. 131-135
  2. ↑ Vitas sanctorum patrum Emeretensium. Paul, of Mérida, deacon of Mérida, active 7th century., Maya Sánchez, A. Turnholti [Turnhout, Belgium]: Brepols. 1992. ISBN 2503011616. OCLC 26115418.
  3. ↑ Kulikowski, Michael (2004-08-30). Late Roman Spain and Its Cities. JHU Press. p. 389. ISBN 9780801879784.


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