Two Books on Miracles

Introduction to the Two Books on Miracles

Peter the Venerable's Two Books on Miracles (De miraculis) is a collection of miracle stories and hagiographic narrative gathered over the course of Peter's lifetime and rewritten/ reorganized in at least three different redactions.

Manuscripts

Neuchâtel, Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Neuchâtel, AF A25.

Editions

Petri Venerabilis, abbatis Clvniacensis, Illvstrivm miracvlorvm libri II. Accesserunt Selectiora quædam ex chronicis fratru[m] ordinis Prædicatorum editis à R. P. M. Antonio Senensi. Nonnulla præterea plena admirationis, desumpta ex antiquissimis ecclesiæ scriptoribus [...] 1595 (Google Books/ Bavarian State Library)

Translations

There is not currently an English translation of Peter's De miraculis, although I am told one is underway by William North (Carleton College).

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