Fontes Anglo-Saxonici

Catholic Homilies, Second Series

Comment:: Some manuscripts date the invention from Christ's resurrection (see Mombritius 1910). The Old English poem Elene dates from Christ's birth but no Latin source for this has been identified.
Bibliography:: Gradon 1958, 20

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Edition:	Bodden 1987
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single immediate source

certain

se wæs eawfæst … gyt gefullod

174.6-7

Aelfric

61.6-8

he wæs eawfæst … gyt gefullod

Godden 1979

Bibliography:: Godden 1979, 362

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single immediate source

certain

sexto anno … obuiam ipsis

376.13-16

Anonymous

61.8-14

þa on þam … fiond ferde

Catholic Homilies, Second Series

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single immediate source

certain

þa ferde se … godcundne fultum

174.10-11

Aelfric

61.14-15

ferde mid carfullum … godcundne fultum

Godden 1979

Bibliography:: Godden 1979, 362

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single immediate source

certain

et ut uidit … ad mortem

376.16-18

Anonymous

63.16-19

þa hio to … scoldon sweltan

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single immediate source

certain

ea uero nocte … signo uinces

376.18-21

Anonymous

63.20-28

þa on þare … þine fiond

Catholic Homilies, Second Series

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single immediate source

certain

he awoc … gode to wurðmynte

174.15-17

Aelfric

63.28-65.31

he awoc … gode to wurðmynte

Godden 1979

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single immediate source

certain

uiso autem signo … sanctae crucis

376.21-26

Anonymous

65.32-42

ða sona … cristes rode

Comment:: There are two departures from the source in this passage: the cross is described as golden and the barbarian army are afraid of the sign of the cross itself.

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single immediate source

certain

reuersus est … signum crucis

376.26-28

Anonymous

65.42-67.46

æfter þam … scinende geseah

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single immediate source

certain

responderunt autem … resurrexit a mortuis

376.28-32

Anonymous

67.47-57

hio þa cwædon … deaðe aras

Comment:: The homilist expands on his source in this section.

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single immediate source

certain

mittens autem … destrui praecepit

376.32-35

Anonymous

69.62-69

and asænde … cirican gehalgode

Comment:: The homilist departs from the Latin versions by having Constantine send his mother to Rome. The name of the Pope (Eusebius) is omitted in the Old English homily.

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single immediate source

certain

rex uero … aedificaret ecclesiam

376.35-39

Anonymous

69.70-71.78

ða sioððen … gefindan mihte

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single immediate source

certain

introiuit in … turba iudaeorum

376.46-47

Anonymous

71.80-82

þa hio in … iudeisce folc

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single immediate source

certain

dixit ad eos … beatam helenam

376.50-377.5

Anonymous

71.83-73.103

þa spræc hio … cwene gelæddon

Comment:: The homilist either expands on his source or has a fuller source here.

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single immediate source

certain

dixit ad eos … christi prophetauerunt

377.5-6

Anonymous

73.103-105

ða spræc seo … ancænnedan godes

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single immediate source

certain

nunc autem … mihi responsum

377.13-14

Anonymous

75.111-114

gað ut … acsian wille

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single immediate source

certain

unus ex eis … vitam aeternam

446C-E

Anonymous

75.117-79.149

þa spræc þær … on ecnesse

Comment:: Here the ASS version is slightly closer than Mombritius 1910.

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single immediate source

certain

haec mihi … lignum crucis

377.48-378.3

Anonymous

79.150-83.176

þas þinc … gehealdan sy

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certain

iudas dixit … possumus haec nosse

378.3-4

Anonymous

83.176-179

iudas hire … þæt ne geman

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single immediate source

certain

beata helena … crucifixus est

378.9-10

Anonymous

83.179-85.182

him andwyrde … gehealdan is

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single immediate source

certain

beata helena … dixeris ueritatem

378.12-13

Anonymous

85.182-183

ac gecyþ … þe acwellan

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single immediate source

certain

iudas dixit … nec tunc eram

378.12

Anonymous

85.183-185

hire andswarode … geboren næs

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certain

cum haec dixisset … et dixit

378.14-18

Anonymous

85.185-87.196

þa bebead … ðus cwæð

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single immediate source

certain

deus deus meus … et terram

378.18

Anonymous

87.196-198

min drihten … þam siondon

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single immediate source

certain

ostende nobis … saecula saeculorum

378.30-32

Anonymous

87.199-204

þæt þu ætywie … on ecnesse

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single immediate source

certain

cumque orasset iudas … glorificabant dominum

378.33-47

Anonymous

87.204-91.239

þa iudas … drihtnes naman

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single immediate source

certain

inuidens autem … iudam eiicior

378.47-51

Anonymous

91.240-93.248

þa wæs se … fram aworpen

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single immediate source

certain

iudas autem … ignis aeterni

378.54-55

Anonymous

93.248-251

iudas wearð … helle grund

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single immediate source

certain

et haec audiens … caluariae loco

378.55-58

Anonymous

93.252-95.257

ða hio þis … afunden wæs

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Contributor:	Susan Rosser
Text:	Anon (OE): Invention of the Cross
Edition:	Bodden 1987
Reference:	C.B.3.3.6
Created:	1999-12-23
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2025-06-24

single immediate source

certain

commendauit eum … uocatus est quiriacus

379.2-6

Anonymous

95.258-261

and iudas … and gehalgod

Comment:: The Old English homily places Judas's ordination as bishop and change of name in a different order. As earlier in the homily the name of the Pope Eusebius is ommitted.

BHL:: 4169

Contributor:: Susan Rosser

Created:: 1999-12-23

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Alternatively, please use the following information:

Contributor:	Susan Rosser
Text:	Anon (OE): Invention of the Cross
Edition:	Bodden 1987
Reference:	C.B.3.3.6
Created:	1999-12-23
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2025-06-24

single immediate source

certain

coepit studiosius … christo crediderant

379.8-12

Anonymous

95.262-270

ða ongan sancta … calvarie locum

BHL:: 4169

Contributor:: Susan Rosser

Created:: 1999-12-23

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Alternatively, please use the following information:

Contributor:	Susan Rosser
Text:	Anon (OE): Invention of the Cross
Edition:	Bodden 1987
Reference:	C.B.3.3.6
Created:	1999-12-23
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2025-06-24

single immediate source

certain

eleuans in caelum … pectus percutiens

379.13-14

Anonymous

97.272-273

þa ahof he … briost beot

BHL:: 4169

Contributor:: Susan Rosser

Created:: 1999-12-23

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Alternatively, please use the following information:

Contributor:	Susan Rosser
Text:	Anon (OE): Invention of the Cross
Edition:	Bodden 1987
Reference:	C.B.3.3.6
Created:	1999-12-23
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2025-06-24

single immediate source

certain

diu autem … et in fixoriis

379.16-17

Anonymous

97.274-276

ic þe bidde … afæstned wæs

BHL:: 4169

Contributor:: Susan Rosser

Created:: 1999-12-23

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Contributor:	Susan Rosser
Text:	Anon (OE): Invention of the Cross
Edition:	Bodden 1987
Reference:	C.B.3.3.6
Created:	1999-12-23
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2025-06-24

single immediate source

certain

magna enim corruscatio … credimus

379.18-20

Anonymous

97.278-283

þær com mycel … hine gelefað

BHL:: 4169

Contributor:: Susan Rosser

Created:: 1999-12-23

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Contributor:	Susan Rosser
Text:	Anon (OE): Invention of the Cross
Edition:	Bodden 1987
Reference:	C.B.3.3.6
Created:	1999-12-23
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2025-06-24

single immediate source

certain

sanctus quiriacus … et adorauit eos

379.21-22

Anonymous

97.285-99.288

genam þa … to þam næglan

BHL:: 4169

Contributor:: Susan Rosser

Created:: 1999-12-23

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Alternatively, please use the following information:

Contributor:	Susan Rosser
Text:	Anon (OE): Invention of the Cross
Edition:	Bodden 1987
Reference:	C.B.3.3.6
Created:	1999-12-23
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2025-06-24

single immediate source

certain

cogitabat quid de eis faceret

379.22-23

Anonymous

99.288-289

and giornlice þæncan … gedon mihte

BHL:: 4169

Contributor:: Susan Rosser

Created:: 1999-12-23

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Alternatively, please use the following information:

Contributor:	Susan Rosser
Text:	Anon (OE): Invention of the Cross
Edition:	Bodden 1987
Reference:	C.B.3.3.6
Created:	1999-12-23
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2025-06-24

single immediate source

certain

accipe hos clauos … pax belli

379.28-29

Anonymous

99.290-292

nim þas … æghwylcum gefeohte

Comment:: In the Latin legend Helena says these words as part of a speech whereas here they are spoken to her by a voice from the heavens.

BHL:: 4169

Contributor:: Susan Rosser

Created:: 1999-12-23

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Alternatively, please use the following information:

Contributor:	Susan Rosser
Text:	Anon (OE): Invention of the Cross
Edition:	Bodden 1987
Reference:	C.B.3.3.6
Created:	1999-12-23
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2025-06-24

single immediate source

certain

beata autem … in ministerium donauit

379.31-32

Anonymous

99.294

and hio þa … biscope cwiriace

BHL:: 4169

Contributor:: Susan Rosser

Created:: 1999-12-23

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Alternatively, please use the following information:

Contributor:	Susan Rosser
Text:	Anon (OE): Invention of the Cross
Edition:	Bodden 1987
Reference:	C.B.3.3.6
Created:	1999-12-23
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2025-06-24

single immediate source

certain

tanta autem gratia … sanaret infirmitates

448A

Anonymous

99.295-296

se halga biscop … untrumnessa gehælde

ASPR, ed. G.P. Krapp, [The Vercelli Book], ASPR 2 (New York, 1932), pp. 66-102.

Comment:: These lines are omitted in the Mombritius (1910) version.

BHL:: 4169

Contributor:: Susan Rosser

Created:: 1999-12-23

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Alternatively, please use the following information:

Contributor:	Susan Rosser
Text:	Anon (OE): Invention of the Cross
Edition:	Bodden 1987
Reference:	C.B.3.3.6
Created:	1999-12-23
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2025-06-24

single analogue

þa hio … eft to eðle

1218b-1219a

Cynewulf

99.297-298

and heo þa … rome byrig

Elene

Comment:: In both the Old English poem and homily Helen returns to Rome whereas in the Latin invention legend the date of her death is given.

Contributor:: Susan Rosser

Created:: 1999-12-23

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Contributor:	Susan Rosser
Text:	Anon (OE): Invention of the Cross
Edition:	Bodden 1987
Reference:	C.B.3.3.6
Created:	1999-12-23
Project Name:	Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: World Wide Web Register
Website:	https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/fontes/
Date Accessed:	2025-06-24

single immediate source

certain

demandans omnibus … nonarum maiarum

448A

Anonymous

99.299-101.301

and heo budon … afunden wæs