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IMC 2022: Sessions

Session 1129: Borderless Sainthood in Medieval Nordic Hagiography, II: Sources

Wednesday 6 July 2022, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:Norse Hagiography Network
Organiser:Tiffany White, Department of Scandinavian, University of California, Berkeley
Moderator/Chair:Tiffany White, Department of Scandinavian, University of California, Berkeley
Paper 1129-aVoyaging Saints from Ireland to Scandinavia: Columba and Brendan the Navigator
(Language: English)
Courtney Selvage, Irish & Celtic Studies Research Institute, Ulster University
Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Celtic, Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - Scandinavian
Paper 1129-bA Testament to the Saints: Wills in Late Medieval Iceland
(Language: English)
Ryder Patzuk-Russell, Department of History, University of Birmingham
Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Lay Piety
Paper 1129-cFrom Tournai to Trondheim: Flemish Saints in Danish and Norwegian Manuscripts
(Language: English)
Synnøve Myking, Institutt for lingvistiske, litterære og estetiske studier, Universitetet i Bergen
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 1129-dThe Twelve Apostles as a Group in Medieval Iceland: A Study of the Codex Scardensis and Its Sources
(Language: English)
Christelle Fairise, Laboratoire d'Etudes sur les Monothéismes (LEM - UMR 8584), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Abstract

This panel addresses sources (outside of the traditional vitae) that indicate the presence of cults of non-Nordic saints in the medieval Nordic region. Sources include secular texts, wills, mentions of feast days, and more.