The ''Miracula Nynie Episcopi'' () is an anonymously written 8th-century hagiographic work describing miracles attributed to
Saint Ninian
Ninian is a Christian saint, first mentioned in the 8th century as being an early missionary among the Pictish peoples of what is now Scotland. For this reason, he is known as the Apostle to the Southern Picts, and there are numerous dedicatio ...
. It is considered a non-historical work, and copies are not widely extant.
It was used as a reference by
Ailred of Rievaulx
Aelred of Rievaulx (), also known as also Ailred, Ælred, or Æthelred; (1110 – 12 January 1167) was an English Cistercian monk and writer who served as Abbot of Rievaulx from 1147 until his death. He is venerated by the Catholic Church as ...
in composing his ''
Vita Sancti Niniani'' () in the 12th century, a document that was used by the politically ambitious
Fergus of Galloway 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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