Aelfric's Lives of Saints

being

A Set of Sermons on Saints' Days formerly observed
by the English Church,

edited from manuscript julius e. vii in the cottonian
collection, with various readings from
other manuscripts,

by the

REV. WALTER W. SKEAT [M.A.], Litt.D., D.C.L., LL.D., Ph.D.,

Erlington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge


þā hālgan weras, þe gōde weorc be-ēodon,
heora gemynd þurhwunað nū ā tō worulde.

Aelfric , On the Old Testament.

PraefationesPrefaces
Dᴇ ɴᴀᴛɪᴜɪᴛᴀᴛᴇ ᴄʀɪꜱᴛɪIOf the Nativity of Christ (Dec. 25)
De Sca̅ EugeniaIIOf Saint Eugenia (Dec. 25)
De Sco̅ BasilioIIIOf Saint Basil (Jan. 1)
Dᴇ Sco̅ Iuliano ⁊ basilissaIVOf Saint Julian and Basilissa (Jan. 9)
Dᴇ Sco̅ SebastianoVOf Saint Sebastian (Jan. 20)
Dᴇ Sco̅ MauroVIOf Saint Maurus (Jan. 15)
Dᴇ Sca̅ AgneteVIIOf Saint Agnes (Jan. 21) (with a piece by Terentianus)
Dᴇ Sca̅ AgathaVIIIOf Saint Agatha (Feb. 5)
Et s̅ luciaIXand Saint Lucy (Dec. 13)
Dᴇ Cathedra sci̅ petriXOf the chair of Saint Peter (Feb. 22)
Dᴇ xl. militibusXIOf the Forty Soldiers (Mar. 9)
Dᴇ capite IeiuniiXIIOf the beginning of the Fast (Ash Wednesday)
Dᴇ Oratione moysiXIIIOf the Prayer of Moses
Dᴇ Sco̅ GeorgioXIVOf Saint George (Apr. 23)
Dᴇ Sco̅ Marco euangelistaXVOf Saint Mark the Evangelist (Apr. 25)
Dᴇ Memoria scr̅ūXVIOf the memory of the Saints
Dᴇ AuguriisXVIIOf Auguries
De libro regumXVIIIOf the Book of Kings
De sco̅ AlbanoXIXOf Saint Alban (June 22) (with a homily on the story of Achitofel and Absalom)
Dᴇ Sco̅ æðeldryðaXXOf Saint Æðeldryða (June 23)
Dᴇ Sco̅ sƿyðunoXXIOf Saint Swythun (July 2) (with a story about St. Macarius)
Dᴇ Sco̅ AppollonareXXIIOf Saint Apollinaris (July 23)
Dᴇ VII.tem DormientiumXXIIIOf the Seven Sleepers (July 27)
Dᴇ transitu Mariae AegyptiaceXXIIIbDeath of St. Mary of Egypt (April 2)
Dᴇ Abdon ⁊ SennesXXIVOf Abdon and Sennes
Dᴇ machabeisXXVOf the Machabees (Aug. 1)
Dᴇ Sco̅ OsƿoldoXXVIOf Saint Oswold (Aug. 5)
Dᴇ Sca̅ cruceXXVIIOf the Holy Cross (Sep. 14)
Dᴇ Legione thebeorumXXVIIIOf the Theban Legion (Sep. 22)
Dᴇ Sco̅ DionisioXXIXOf Saint Dionysius (Denis; Oct. 9)
Dᴇ Sco̅ EustachioXXXOf Saint Eustace (Nov. 2)
Dᴇ Sco̅ MartinoXXXIOf Saint Martin (Nov. 11)
Dᴇ Sco̅ EadmundoXXXIIOf Saint Edmund (Nov. 20)
Dᴇ Sca̅ eufrosia (sic)XXXIIIOf Saint Euphrasia (Feb. 11)
De Sca̅ cæciliaXXXIVOf Saint Cecilia (Nov. 22)
Dᴇ Crisanto et dariaXXXVOf Crisantus and Daria (Dec. 1)
Dᴇ Sco̅ Tʜoma ApostoloXXXVIOf Saint Thomas the Apostle (Dec. 21)
(Passio sancti vincentii martyris)(The Martyrdom of St. Vincent)
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