Abstract

I. INTRODUCTION
A. Latin literacy in Iceland and the cult of saints
B. Icelandic quasi-hagiography and the Christian monarchs of Norway

II. THE ICELANDIC SAINTS AND THEIR LATIN TEXTS
A. S. Thorlacus Scalotensis episcopus. – 1. The texts: the Latin hagiography about St Þorlákur. – 2. The historical Þorlákur Þórhallsson. – 3. The canonization of Bishop Þorlákur. – 4. The fourteenth-century Office of St Þorlákur.
B. S. Johannes Holensis episcopus
C. S. Godemundus Holensis episcopus.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHagiographies : Histoire internationale de la littérature hagiographique latine et vernaculaire en Occident des origines à 1550
EditorsMonique Goullet
Number of pages75
Volume7
Place of PublicationTurnhout
PublisherBrepols Publishers
Publication dateDec 2017
Pages875-950
ISBN (Print)978-2-503-57612-1
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2017
SeriesCorpus Christianorum. CCHAG - Hagiographies
Volume7

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