Celtic Hagiography and Saints’ Cults

Celtic Hagiography and Saints’ Cults provides a detailed overview of saints’ cults in Wales, Ireland, Brittany, Scotland and Cornwall. It is a multidisciplinary collection that brings together recent research by leading scholars in the field in order to explore sanctity and the cult of saints in the Celtic-speaking regions. Among the topics discussed are the early sources for St Patrick, the development of the cult of St David, stones and shrines in Pictland, miracle stories and wonder-working in Irish tradition and the Middle Welsh Lives of Mary Magdalene and Martha. Although primarily concerned with early and medieval sources, attention is also paid to the continued importance of the cult of relics in post-Reformation Britain and the prominence of saintly figures in popular narrative and folklore in Brittany and Ireland.