Quibus locis singuli apostoli iaceant
Standard abbreviation: Places Apost.
Other titles: none
Clavis numbers: ECCA 289
Category: Lists of Apostles and Disciples;
Related literature: various apocryphal acts, Notes about the Places of the Holy Apostles, Notes about the Regions and Cities in which the Bodies of the Holy Apostles Rest
Compiled by: Brandon W. Hawk, Rhode Island College ([email protected])
Citing this resource (using Chicago Manual of Style): Hawk, Brandon W. “Places in Which Each of the Apostles Lie.” e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha. Accessed DAY MONTH YEAR. https://www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-christian-apocrypha/places-in-which-each-of-the-apostles-lie/.
Created January 2023. Current as of January 2024.
1. TRANSLATION
Translation based on Schermann’s edition of the text from A and B, collated with Karlsruhe and Manchester 5; variants/additions from B are noted in parentheses in the translation, and other variants from Karlsruhe and Manchester 5 are noted in parentheses following each item.
Places in which each of the apostles lie
Peter and Paul in (the city of) Rome.
John the evangelist in Ephesus.
Andrew in Patras.
Philip in Asia in the city of Hierapolis. (Karlsruhe: Hieraboli)
Matthew in (the city of) Pontus.
James in Jerusalem.
Bartholomew in Phrygia, in the (province) city of Dolichos. (Karlsruhe: Dolici)
Thomas in (the province of) India, in the city of Iothabis.
James Alphaeus in the city of Jaffa.
Simon the Zealot in Cappadocia, in the (province which is called the) city of Caesarea.
Judas James in the province (which is called) of Phoenicia, in the city of Berytus. (Karlsruhe: Berinto)
Mark the evangelist in Alexandria.
Luke the evangelist in (the city of) Antioch.
Timothy in Ephesus.
Philip one of the seven in Caesarea in Palestine.
Stephen protomartyr in Jerusalem.
John the Baptist in (what is called) Samaria, in the (province) city of Sebaste. (Karlsruhe: The head of John the Baptist….)
Barnabas and Silas in (the city of) Cyprus in the (province) city of Constantia.
Luke in the Syrian nation. (Add. in Manchester 5)
2. RESOURCES
3. BIBLIOGRAPHY
3.1 Manuscripts and Editions
3.1.1 Latin (BHL 651)
A Fulda, Hochschul- und Landesbibliothek, Bonifatianus 1, fol. 359r (6th cent., before 546/547)
Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek, Aug. perg. 135, fol. 133v (9th cent.)
Manchester, John Rylands Library, Latin MS 5, fol. 15v (12th cent.)
B St. Gall, Stiftsbibliothek, 682, p. 409 (9th cent.)
Holder, Alfred. Die Handschriften der Badischen Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe, Erster Band: Die Pergamenthandschriften. Rev. repr. with updated bibliography. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1970 (transcription of the text from Karlsruhe, Aug. perg. 135, p. 332).
James, Montague Rhodes. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester, Volume 1. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1921 (transcription of the text from Manchester JRL 5, p. 10).
Schermann, Theodor. Prophetarum vitae fabulosae, indices apostolorum discipulorumque Domini, Dorotheo, Epiphanio, Hippolyto aliisque vindicata. Leipzig: B. G. Teubneri, 1907 (edition based on A and B and a previous printing of an unidentified MS, pp. 216–17; introduction, p. lxx).
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).