Ælfric's Lives of Saints

by Ælfric

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.

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Praefationes		Prefaces
Dᴇ ɴᴀᴛɪᴜɪᴛᴀᴛᴇ ᴄʀɪꜱᴛɪ	I	Of the Nativity of Christ (Dec. 25)
De Sca̅ Eugenia	II	Of Saint Eugenia (Dec. 25)
De Sco̅ Basilio	III	Of Saint Basil (Jan. 1)
Dᴇ Sco̅ Iuliano ⁊ basilissa	IV	Of Saint Julian and Basilissa (Jan. 9)
Dᴇ Sco̅ Sebastiano	V	Of Saint Sebastian (Jan. 20)
Dᴇ Sco̅ Mauro	VI	Of Saint Maurus (Jan. 15)
Dᴇ Sca̅ Agnete	VII	Of Saint Agnes (Jan. 21) (with a piece by Terentianus)
Dᴇ Sca̅ Agatha	VIII	Of Saint Agatha (Feb. 5)
Et s̅ lucia	IX	and Saint Lucy (Dec. 13)
Dᴇ Cathedra sci̅ petri	X	Of the chair of Saint Peter (Feb. 22)
Dᴇ xl. militibus	XI	Of the Forty Soldiers (Mar. 9)
Dᴇ capite Ieiunii	XII	Of the beginning of the Fast (Ash Wednesday)
Dᴇ Oratione moysi	XIII	Of the Prayer of Moses
Dᴇ Sco̅ Georgio	XIV	Of Saint George (Apr. 23)
Dᴇ Sco̅ Marco euangelista	XV	Of Saint Mark the Evangelist (Apr. 25)
Dᴇ Memoria scr̅ū	XVI	Of the memory of the Saints
Dᴇ Auguriis	XVII	Of Auguries
De libro regum	XVIII	Of the Book of Kings
De sco̅ Albano	XIX	Of Saint Alban (June 22) (with a homily on the story of Achitofel and Absalom)
Dᴇ Sco̅ æðeldryða	XX	Of Saint Æðeldryða (June 23)
Dᴇ Sco̅ sƿyðuno	XXI	Of Saint Swythun (July 2) (with a story about St. Macarius)
Dᴇ Sco̅ Appollonare	XXII	Of Saint Apollinaris (July 23)
Dᴇ VII.tem Dormientium	XXIII	Of the Seven Sleepers (July 27)
Dᴇ transitu Mariae Aegyptiace	XXIIIb	Death of St. Mary of Egypt (April 2)
Dᴇ Abdon ⁊ Sennes	XXIV	Of Abdon and Sennes
Dᴇ machabeis	XXV	Of the Machabees (Aug. 1)
Dᴇ Sco̅ Osƿoldo	XXVI	Of Saint Oswold (Aug. 5)
Dᴇ Sca̅ cruce	XXVII	Of the Holy Cross (Sep. 14)
Dᴇ Legione thebeorum	XXVIII	Of the Theban Legion (Sep. 22)
Dᴇ Sco̅ Dionisio	XXIX	Of Saint Dionysius (Denis; Oct. 9)
Dᴇ Sco̅ Eustachio	XXX	Of Saint Eustace (Nov. 2)
Dᴇ Sco̅ Martino	XXXI	Of Saint Martin (Nov. 11)
Dᴇ Sco̅ Eadmundo	XXXII	Of Saint Edmund (Nov. 20)
Dᴇ Sca̅ eufrosia (sic)	XXXIII	Of Saint Euphrasia (Feb. 11)
De Sca̅ cæcilia	XXXIV	Of Saint Cecilia (Nov. 22)
Dᴇ Crisanto et daria	XXXV	Of Crisantus and Daria (Dec. 1)
Dᴇ Sco̅ Tʜoma Apostolo	XXXVI	Of Saint Thomas the Apostle (Dec. 21)
(Passio sancti vincentii martyris)		(The Martyrdom of St. Vincent)