The life of Saint Helia
Subtitle: critical edition, translation, introduction, and commentary
By: edited by Virginia Burrus, Marco Conti
Series: Oxford early Christian texts; Oxford early Christian texts
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780199672639
Subjects: Übersetzung; Englisch; Latein; Vita Sanctae Heliae; 11.51 early Christianity; Heiligenvita; Hagiography
Description: The late medieval Latin "Vita Heliae" is a hagiography of the young woman Helia, set in what is now Albania. It largely concerns the Christian value of virginity, and depicts the saint debating with her mother, a bishop, and a government official.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text in English and Latin.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. The Escorial Codex: gift for a king; title: Eight women's lives: a medieval collection; title: The Life of Helia: a priscillianist tractate?; title: Jerome, Ambrose, and friends; title: Provenance of the Life of Helia, reconsidered; title: Gender and genre; title: The Life of Helia and women's history; title: Conclusions; title: Appendix I : the text; title: Appendix II : Helia's psalter; title: Appendix III : Helia's Isaiah; title: Text and Translation. The Life of Saint Helia.