The ''Miracula Nynie Episcopi'' ( en, Miracles of Bishop Ninian) is an anonymously written 8th-century hagiographic work describing miracles attributed to
Saint Ninian. It is considered a non-historical work, and copies are not widely extant.
It was used as a reference by
Ailred of Rievaulx in composing his ''
Vita Sancti Niniani'' ( en, Life of Saint Ninian) in the 12th century, a document that was used by the politically ambitious
Fergus of Galloway
Fergus of Galloway (died 12 May 1161) was a twelfth-century Lord of Galloway. Although his familial origins are unknown, it is possible that he was of Norse-Gaelic ancestry. Fergus first appears on record in 1136, when he witnessed a charter o ...
in resurrecting the long-defunct
Bishopric of Galloway.
Edition and translations
*Strecker, Karl (ed.). "Miracula Nynie Episcopi." In ''Poetae Latini Aevi Carolini 4.3'', ed. Karl Strecker.
MGH Antiquitates. Berlin: Weidmann, 1923 (first published: 1883). pp. 943–61
Available online from the Digital MGH
*MacQueen, Winifred W. (tr.). "Miracula Nynie Episcopi." In ''St. Nynia'', edited by John MacQueen. Revised edition. Edinburgh: Polygon, 1990 (first published: 1961). pp. 88–101. Also published as:
*MacQueen, Winifred W. (tr.). "Miracula Nynie Episcopi." ''Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society'' 37 (1960). pp. 21–57
*Márkus, Gilbert (tr.). "The Miracles of St Nynia the Bishop (c. 780?)." In ''The Triumph Tree: Scotland’s Earliest Poetry, 550–1350'', edited by Thomas Owen Clancy. Edinburgh: Canongate, 1998. pp. 126–39.
References
Christian hagiography
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