Notitia regionum et ciuitatem in quibus sanctorum apostolorum corpora requiescunt
Standard abbreviation: Notes Rest Apost.
Other titles: none
Clavis numbers: ECCA 288
Category: Lists of Apostles and Disciples
Related literature: various apocryphal acts, Notes about the Places of the Holy Apostles, Places in Which Each of the Apostles Lie
Compiled by: Brandon W. Hawk, Rhode Island College ([email protected])
Citing this resource (using Chicago Manual of Style): Hawk, Brandon W. “Notes about the Regions and Cities in which the Bodies of the Holy Apostles Rest.” e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha. Accessed DAY MONTH YEAR. https://www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-christian-apocrypha/notes-about-the-regions-and-cities-in-which-the-bodies-of-the-holy-apostles-rest/.
Created January 2023. Current as of January 2024.
1. TRANSLATION
Translation of the Earlier Version, based on de Gaiffier’s edition of the text from Fulda, Bonifatianus 2 and Vat. Lat. 1328 collated with the edition of an unidentified manuscript by Schermann.
Notes about the Regions and Cities in which the Bodies of the Holy Apostles Rest
The blessed John the Baptist rests in the city named Sebaste.
The blessed apostle Peter rests in Rome in the province of Tuscia.
The blessed apostle Paul rests in Rome in the province of Campania.
The blessed apostle Andrew rests in the city of Patras in the province of Achaea.
The blessed apostle James rests in Jerusalem in the province of Syria.
The blessed apostle John rests in Ephesus in the province of Asia.
The blessed apostle Bartholomew rests in Lycaonia in the province of Armenia.
The blessed apostle Thomas rests in Amina in Saracen India.
The blessed apostle Philip rests in Hierapolis in the Province of Phrygia.
The blessed apostle Matthew rests in Armenia in the land of the Ammonites.
The blessed apostle Simon the Canaanite rests in Corinth in the land of the Quadi.
The blessed apostle Matthias rests in Jerusalem in the province of Syria.
The (blessed) other apostles James rests in Jerusalem in the province of Syria [lacking in the Fulda MS but present in Schermann’s edition].
The blessed martyr Stephen rests in Jerusalem in the province of Syria [lacking in Schermann’s edition].
The blessed evangelist Mark rests in Alexandria in the province of Egypt.
The blessed evangelist Luke rests in Boethia in the province of Mesopotamia.
Translation of the Later Version, based on Jolly’s edition of the text from Durham A.IV.19.
Names of the Places in which the Apostles Rest
The blessed apostle and evangelist Matthew rests in Armenia in the land of the Ammonites.
The blessed evangelist Mark rests in Alexandria in the province of Egypt.
The blessed evangelist Luke rests in Boethia in the province of Mesopotamia.
The blessed apostle and evangelist John rests in Ephesus in the province of Asia.
The blessed John the Baptist rests in the city named Sebaste.
The blessed apostle Peter rests in Rome in the province of Tuscia.
The blessed apostle Paul rests in Rome in the province of Campania.
The blessed apostle Andrew rests in the city of Patras in the province of Achaea.
The blessed apostle James rests in Jerusalem in the province of Syria.
The blessed apostle Bartholomew rests in Lycaonia in the province of Armenia.
The blessed apostle Thomas rests in Amina in Saracen India.
The blessed apostle Philip rests in Hierapolis in the Province of Phrygia.
The blessed apostle Simon the Canaanite rests in Corinth in the land of the Quadi.
The blessed apostle Matthias the Parthian rests in Jerusalem in the province of Syria.
The blessed first martyr Stephen rests in Jerusalem in the province of Syria.
2. RESOURCES
3. BIBLIOGRAPHY
3.1 Manuscripts and Editions
3.1.1 Latin (BHL 648)
Durham, Cathedral Library, A.IV.19, fol. 88r (9th/10th cent.)
Fulda, Hessische Hochschul- und Landesbibliothek, Bonifatianus 2, fols. 96r–97r (8th cent.)
Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Sessoriano 77 (2107) (8th cent.)
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 1328, fol. 140r (15th cent.)
Brouwer, Christoph, and Jakob Masen. Antiquitatum et annalium Trevirensium libri 25 duobus tomis comprehensi. Liège: Hovius, 1670 (edition from unidentified manuscript).
Gaiffier, Baudouin de. “Une ancienne liste des localités où reposent les apôtres.” Pages 365–71 of L’homme devant Dieu: Mélanges offerts au Pére Henri de Lubac, vol. 1: Exégèse et patristique, Théologie 56. Paris: Aubier, 1963 (edition of Fulda, Bonifatianus 2 and Vat. Lat. 1328, with brief reference to Rome, Sessoriano 77).
Jolly, Karen Louise. The Community of St. Cuthbert in the Late Tenth Century: The Chester-le-Street Additions to Durham Cathedral Library A.IV.19. Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, 2012 (edition of Durham A.IV.19, pp. 352–55).
Schermann, Theodor. Prophetarum vitae fabulosae, indices apostolorum discipulorumque Domini, Dorotheo, Epiphanio, Hippolyto aliisque vindicata. Leipzig: B. G. Teubneri, 1907 (reprint of text from Brouwer and Masen, p. 214; introduction, p. lxx).
3.1.2 Old English
Durham Ritual gloss in Durham, Cathedral Library, A.IV.19, fol. 88r (9th/10th cent.)
Jolly, Karen Louise. The Community of St. Cuthbert in the Late Tenth Century: The Chester-le-Street Additions to Durham Cathedral Library A.IV.19. Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, 2012 (edition of gloss in Durham A.IV.19, pp. 352–55)
3.2 Modern Translations
3.3 General Works
Rollason, D. W. “Lists of Saints’ Resting-Places in Anglo-Saxon England.” Anglo-Saxon England 7 (1978): 61–93 (pp 74–80).
Schermann, Theodor. Propheten- und Apostellegenden nebst Jüngerkatalogen des Dorotheus und verwandter Texte. TUGAL 31/3. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs, 1907 (p. 171).