Le Passiones S. Sebastiani, SS. Nazari et Celsi e S. Christophori in un frammento inedito di Passionario in minuscola retica

Abstract

The library of the Seminary of Bressanone/Brixen (South Tirol) preserves one bifolio and one folio coming from an early ninth-century Passional copied in Raethia, possibly at Chur. The fragments contain the texts of the Passions of St Sebastian, Sts Nazarius and Celsus, and St Christopher. While the texts of the Passiones S. Sebastiani and S. Christophori do not transmit any notable variants, the version of the Passio SS. Nazari et Celsi is one of the oldest surviving Latin translations and the closest to the lost Greek original. The article contains a palaeographical analysis of the manuscript fragments, as well as a commentary and edition of the texts.