Late Antique Historiography

Life of the Fathers

Title(s):
  • Life of the Fathers
  • Liber vitae patrum
    (Liber vitae patrum, Book of the life of the Fathers)
  • Vita sanctorum
    (Vita sanctorum, Life of the saints)
Author:
Period covered:
430-592
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Biography (collective)
Remarks:
The book was part of an eight-book collection, consisting also of The glory of the martyrs, The passion and miracles of St Julian, The miracles of St Martin (4 books) and The glory of the confessors.
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Sources:
Bibliography:
  • R. Van Dam (1993) Saints and their miracles in late antique Gaul. Princeton.