1st Edition
The Sanctity of the Leaders Holy Kings, Princes, Bishops and Abbots from Central Europe (11th to 13th Centuries)
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Central European University Press
The latest title in the Central European Medieval Texts series contains the lives of saints who were canonized in the eleventh through thirteenth centuries in the newly Christianized countries of Central and Eastern Europe (Bohemia, Poland, Hungary, and Dalmatia). A rejoinder to the earlier volume in the series, the Saints of the Christianization Age of Central Europe (CEMT, Vol. 6),... Read more
Introduction Hagiography in Central Europe in the Central Middle Ages Gábor KlaniczayI. Saint Stephen of Hungary Preface Gábor ThoroczkayVita Sancti Stephani regis (Legenda maior) / Life of King Saint Stephen (Major legend) (transl. Cristian Ga?par)Vita et actus Sancti Stephani regis Pannoniorum (Legenda minor) / Life and Deeds of Saint Stephen, King of the Pannonians (Minor legend) (transl. Cristian Ga?par)Legenda S. Stephani regis ab Hartvico episcopo conscripta / Life of King St. Stephen written by Bishop Hartvic (transl. Nora Berend and Cristian Ga?par)II. Saint Emeric Preface Gábor BradácsLegenda Sancti Emerici ducis / Life of Saint Emeric the Duke (transl. Cristian Ga?par)III. Saint Gerard Preface Cristian Ga?parPassio beatissimi Gerardi (Legenda minor) / Passion of the Most Blessed Gerard (Minor legend) (transl. Cristian Ga?par)De Sancto Gerhardo episcopo Morosenensi et martyre regni Ungariae / On Saint Gerard, bishop of Marosvár and martyr of the Kingdom of Hungary (transl. János M. Bak) IV. Saint Procop of Sázava Preface Petr SommerVita sancti Procopii minor / Life of Saint Procopius (transl. Cristian Ga?par)V. Saint Ladislaus of Hungary Preface Gábor KlaniczayDe Sancto Ladizlao rege Ungarie / Concerning Saint Ladislaus, King of Hungary (transl. Cristian Ga?par) VI. Saint John of Trogir Preface Ana Marinkovi?Vita S. Joannis episcopi Traguriensis / Life of St John Bishop of Trogir (transl. Marina Miladinov)VII. Saint Stanislaus of Cracow Preface Stanislava KuzmováVita Sancti Stanislai Episcopi Cracoviensis / On Saint Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr (transl. Cristian Ga?par)Select Bibliography Select Hagiography of the Saints of this Volume St. Stephen St. Emeric St. Gerard St. Procopius St. Ladislaus St. John of Trogir St. Stanislaus, Contributors to the Volume, Index.
Biography
Gábor Klaniczay is University Professor of Medieval Studies at the Central European University.
Ildikó Csepregi is a historian of religion, trained as a classicist and medievalist at CEU.
