La Passione di S. Agata
By: di Aelfric di Eynsham ; a cura di Carla Morini.
Contributors: Morini, Carla.
Series: Corsi universitari ;; 13; Corsi universitari (Alessandria, Italy) ;; 13.
Publisher: Edizioni dell'orso
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Alessandria
Language: ita; ang; lat
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Agatha, Saint, d. ca. 250.; Agatha, Saint, d. ca. 250 -- Cult.; Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham. -- Criticism, Textual.; Christian women saints -- Italy -- Sicily -- Biography.; Christian martyrs -- Italy -- Sicily -- Biography.; Christian hagiography -- History.
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Passione di sant'Agata
Notes: Old English text of Aelfric's passion of St. Agatha, from his Lives of saints, followed by Italian translation; facing pages include Latin text of the early version of the Passio S. Agathae, followed by the Cistercian version of the Passio S. Agathae from the Liber de natalitiis; introductory study, of the life of St. Agatha and of the textual material, in Italian.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-319) and index.
Title of text taken from list, on p. 89-90, of contents contained in Aelfric's Lives of saints.