Bones of contention: the context of Ælfric's homily on St Vincent

Abstract

The Old English account of the passion of St Vincent of Saragossa survives only in one late manuscript, Cambridge, University Library, Ii. 1. 33, written in the second half of the twelfth century. This manuscript contains a large proportion of saints' lives by Ælfric, belonging mainly to his two series ofCatholic Homiliesand his later collection known as theLives of Saints. The passion of St Vincent, from its alliterative style, reveals itself also to be the work of Ælfric. Since it was appended by W.W. Skeat to his edition of theLives of Saints, it has generally been treated as part of theLives of Saintscollection, although there is no evidence that Ælfric himself ever added it to that set.

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