Though the Latin language appeared on British Island in common with Roman Invasion, exactly after 55 AD, yet his real popularization had become until after 597 AD, in which the Romans missionary gets to the Anglo-Saxon Canterbury and started great evangelization on this lands. The British Clergy and Aristocracy were very quickly mastered the arcana of Latin language which in this days was a synonym of a culture and a imperial traditions. Anglo-Saxon like any another nation managed to subordinate to themselves the Church language and not resign at the same time about an old traditions and fondness. Remarkable thing is that the anglo-saxon literature was creating on the spur of the three abnormally valuable inspiration source – the Roman, Irish and nativ influence – settled in Celtic culture. Creativeness of an Adhelm who was writing about VII and VIII AD was perfectly mirrored the colour of medieval culture of British Island. His corpus of a hundred riddles display over the reader unprecedented in early middle ages universal. In Sherborne bishop enigmas we can find an Irish boldness which didn’t want to fight with the Greek and Roman paganism but on the contrary it foster an advancement of Christian latin culture. In riddles we can find an Irish culture as well which cherish the bard tradition, attached attention to art of word and found an likes in that what is mannerism and vivid. And finally the Roman culture along with latin alphabet and monastery scholarship contribute to final combined all of drifts forming the original writing of Adhelm.
Artykuł poświęcony został hiszpańskiej męczennicy z okresu prześladowań Dioklecjana – Eulalii z Meridy, a ściślej zachowanym do dnia dzisiejszego średniowiecznym utworom poetyckim, które postać tę przywołują. Ów zbiór pięciu tekstów źródłowych – tworzony przez fragmenty poematów Wenancjusza Fortunatusa, Aldhelma i Bedy Czcigodnego oraz Kantylenę o św. Eulalii – poddany została analizie pod kątem wykazania rozwoju kultu świętej zarówno w wymiarze terytorialnym, jak i czasowym. Zwrócono przy tym uwagę na wspólne wątki hagiograficzne i ogólnoreligijne obecne w rozważanych źródłach. Dla ułatwienia każdy z tekstów opatrzono także polskim tłumaczeniem. Całość analizy poprzedzona została zarysem dostępnych współcześnie informacji na temat dziejów św. Eulalii.
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The aim of the article is to present a Spanish martyr during Diocletianic persecution – Eulalia of Merida, and, more specifically, medieval poems devoted to her that are preserved until now. A set of five primary sources – consisting of certain fragments of poems by Venantius Fortunatus, Aldhelm and Bede the Venerable as well as The Sequence of Saint Eulalia – has been analyzed in terms of demonstrating the development of sacred cult both in geographical as well as time dimensions. Special attention has been paid to the common hagiographic and general religious threads present in the discussed sources. In order to facilitate each text, the author also provides their Polish translations. The entire analysis is preceded by an outline of currently available information concerning the life of St. Eulalia.
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