Muirchú maccu Machtheni

Muirchú m​accu Machtheni w​ar ein irischer Mönch u​nd Schreiber d​es 7. Jahrhunderts. Er verfasste „Das Leben d​es Heiligen Patrick v​on Irland“, Vita sancti Patricii, welche d​ie frühest erhaltene Vita über d​en Heiligen ist. Eine Kopie dieser Vita findet s​ich im berühmten Buch v​on Armagh (Bibliothek d​es Trinity College i​n Dublin, MS 52).

Literatur

  • The Patrician texts in the Book of Armagh, Ludwig Bieler (ed.) (=  Scriptores Latini Hiberniae), Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin 1979.
  • Book of Armagh: The Patrician Documents, E. J Gwynn (ed.) (=  Facsimiles in collotype of Irish manuscripts), Stationery Office, Dublin 1937.
  • Liber Ardmachanus = The Book of Armagh, John Gwynn (ed.), Published for the Royal Irish Academy by Hodges Figgis, Dublin 1913.
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