Jerome of Stridon, Life of Paul the Hermit, Greek version (CPG 3636, BHG 1466-1467b)
On the original text, see
E00750.
Evidence ID
E07143Saint Name
Paul, the First Anchorite : S00089Saint Name in Source
ΠαῦλοςType of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - LivesEvidence not before
390Evidence not after
500Activity not before
390Activity not after
700Place of Evidence - Region
Palestine with SinaiPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Caesarea Maritima
Καισάρεια
Kaisareia
Caesarea
Kayseri
Turris StratonisMajor author/Major anonymous work
Jerome of StridonCult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Composing and translating saint-related textsSource
For the manuscript tradition, see:
https://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/13413/Discussion
The text survives in four versions, the first of which (version a, BHG 1466) is a nearly literal translation of Jerome's text. There is no evidence as to who may have produced this translation.Bibliography
Text:
Bidez, J., Deux versions grecques inédites de la vie de Paul de Thèbes (Paris, 1900), with French translation.
Tubbs Correy, K. "The Greek Versions of Jerome's Vita Sancti Pauli," in W.A. Oldfather (ed.), Studies in the Text Tradition of St. Jerome’s Vitae Patrum (Urbana, 1943), 143-250.