Patrologia Latina
The Patrologia Latina is an enormous collection of the writings of the Church Fathers and other ecclesiastical writers published by Jacques-Paul Migne between 1841 and 1855, with indices published between 1862 and 1865.
Although consisting of reprints of old editions, which often contain mistakes and do not comply with modern standards of scholarship, the series, due to its availability (it is present in many academic libraries) and the fact that it incorporates many texts of which no modern critical edition is available, is still widely used by scholars of the Middle Ages and is in this respect comparable to the Monumenta Germaniae Historica. The Patrologia Latina is one part of the Patrologiae Cursus Completus, the second part of which is the Patrologia Graeco-Latina, consisting of patristic and medieval Greek works with Latin translations.
The Patrologia Latina includes over 1000 years of Latin works from Tertullian to Pope Innocent III, in 217 volumes: volumes 1 to 73, from Tertullian to Gregory of Tours, were published from 1841 to 1849, and volumes 74 to 217, from Pope Gregory I to Innocent III, from 1849 to 1855. Although the collection ends in 1216, after the death of Innocent III, Migne originally wanted to include documents all the way up to the Reformation; this task proved too great, but some later commentaries or documents associated with earlier works were included.
The printing plates for the Patrologia were destroyed by fire in 1868, but with help from the Garnier printing house they were restored and new editions were printed, beginning in the 1880s. These reprints did not always correspond exactly with the original series either in quality or internal arrangement, and caution should be exercised when referencing to the PL in general.[1]
Notable authors in the Patrologia
These are some of the more notable authors included in the Patrologia, with the volume(s) in which they appear, some at least as notable for their own deeds/actions as for their works.
Most of the works are ecclesiastic in nature, but there are also documents of literary, historical or linguistic (such as the Gothic bible in vol. 18) interest.
Secular rulers
- Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus (155)
- Crusader King Baldwin I of Jerusalem (155)
- Roman emperor Constantine I (8)
- Frankish Emperor Charlemagne (97–98)
- King Charles the Bald (124)
- Crusader Godfrey of Bouillon (155)
- Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (140)
- King Lotharius I (97–98)
- King Louis the Pious (104)
- King Louis VII of France (155)
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Others
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Table of contents
Vol. | Authors |
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1–2 | Tertullianus |
3–5 | Minucius Felix, Dionysius Alexandrinus, Cornelius papa, Novatianus, Stephanus I, Cyprianus Carthaginensis, Arnobius Afer, Dionysius Alexandrinus, Commodianus Gazaeus |
6–7 | Lactantius |
8 | Constantinus I, Victorinus Petavionensis |
9–10 | Hilarius Pictaviensis |
11 | Zeno Veronensis, Optatus Milevitanus |
12 | Eusebius Vercellensis, Firmicus Maternus |
13 | Damasus, Pacianus, Lucifer Calaritanus |
14–17 | Ambrosius Mediolanensis |
18 | Ulfilas Gothorum, Symmachus, Martinus Turonensis, Tichonius |
19 | Juvencus, Sedulius Coelius, Optatianus, Severus Rhetor, Faltonia Proba |
20 | Sulpicius Severus, Paulinus Mediolanensis, Faustus Manichaeus, Innocentius I, Aurelius Episcopus Carthaginensis |
21 | Rufinus Aquileiensis, Pelagius haeresiarcha |
22–30 | Hieronymus Stridonensis |
31 | Flavius Lucius Dexter, Paulus Orosius |
32–47 | Augustinus Hipponensis |
48 | Marius Mercator |
49–50 | Joannes Cassianus |
51 | Prosper Aquitanus |
52 | Petrus Chrysologus |
53 | Mamertus Claudianus, Salvianus Massiliensis, Arnobius junior, Patricius Hiberniae |
54–56 | Leo I |
57 | Maximus Taurinensis |
58 | Hilarus papa, Simplicius papa, Felix III |
59 | Gelasius I, Avitus Viennensis, Faustinus |
60 | Aurelius Prudentius, Dracontius |
61 | Paulinus Nolanus, Orientius, Auspicius Tullensis |
62 | Paschasius Diaconus, Sanctus Symmachus, Petrus Diaconus, Virgilius Tapsensis, Leo I Magnus, Concilium Chalcedonense, Athanasius, Rusticus Helpidius, Eugyppius Africae |
63 | Boetius, Ennodius Felix, Trifolius presbyter, Hormisdas I, Elpis |
64 | Boetius |
65 | Fulgentius Ruspensis, Felix IV, Bonifacius II |
66 | Benedictus pater monachorum Occidentalium |
67 | Dionysius Exiguus, Viventiolus Lugdunensis, Trojanus Santonensis, Pontianus Africae, Caesarius Arelatensis, Fulgentius Ferrandus |
68 | Primasius Adrumetanus, Arator, Nicetius Trevirensis, Aurelianus Arelatensis |
69–70 | Cassiodorus |
71 | Gregorius Turonensis |
72 | Pelagius II, Joannes II, Benedictus I |
73–74 | Vitae Patrum |
75–78 | Gregorius I |
79 | Eutropius Episcopus, Gregorius I, Paterius (Notarius Gregorii I), Alulfus Tornacensis |
80 | Auctores VI-VII saec. (Maximus Caesaraugustanus Episcopus, Eutropius Episcopus, Tarra Monachus, Dinothus Abbas, Dynamus Patricius, Augustinus Apostolus Anglorum, SS Bonifacius IV, Concilium Romanum III, Bulgaranus, Paulus Emeritanus Diaconus, Tamaius De Vargas. Thomas, Gondemarus Rex Gothorum, Marcus Cassinensis, Warnaharius Lingonensis Episcopus, Columbanus Hibernus, Alphanus Beneventianus Episcopus, Aileranus Scoto Hibernus, Ethelbertus Anglorum, SS Adeodatus I, Sisebutus Gothorum, Bertichramnus Cenomanensis, Protandius Vesuntinus Archiepiscopus, SS Bonifacius V, Sonniatus Rhemensis Archiepiscopus, Verus Ruthenensis Episcopus, Chlotarius II Francorum Rex, SS Honorius I, Dagobertus Francorum Rex, Hadoinudus Cenomanensis Episcopus, Sulpicius Bituricensis Episcopus, Autbertus Cameracensis, SS Ioannes IV, Eutrandus Ticinensis Diaconus, Victor Carthaginensis Episcopus, Braulio Caesaraugustiani, Taio Caesaraugustianus Episcopus) |
81–84 | Isidorus Hispalensis |
85–86 | Liturgia Mozarabica |
87 | Auctores VII saec. |
88 | Venantius Fortunatus, Crisconius Africanus |
89 | Sergius I, Joannes VI, Felix Ravennatensis, Bonifacius Moguntinus |
90–95 | Beda |
96 | Hildefonsus Toletanus, Julianus Toletanus, Leo II |
97–98 | Carolus Magnus, Ludovicus I, Lotharius, Rudolphus I |
99 | Paulinus Aquileiensis, Theodorus Cantuariensis |
100–101 | Alcuinus |
102 | Smaragdus S. Michaelis |
103 | Benedictus Anianensis, Ardo Smaragdus, Sedulius Scotus |
104 | Agobardus Lugdunensis, Eginhardus, Claudius Taurinensis, Ludovicus Pius |
105 | Theodulfus Aurelianensis, Eigil Fuldensis, Dungalus reclusus, Ermoldus Nigellus, Symphosius Amalarius |
106 | Gregorius IV, Sergius II, Jonas Aurelianensis, Freculphus Lexoviensis, Frotharius Tullensis |
107–112 | Rabanus Maurus |
113–114 | Walafridus Strabo, the Glossa Ordinaria |
115 | Leo IV, Benedictus III, Eulogius Toletanus, Speraindeo, Prudentius Trecensis, Angelomus Lexoviensis |
116–118 | Haymo Halberstatensis |
119 | Nicolaus I, Florus Lugdunensis, Lupus Ferrariensis |
120 | Paschasius Radbertus |
121 | Ratramnus Corbeiensis, Aeneas Parisiensis, Remigius Lugdunensis, Wandalbertus Prumiensis, Paulus Alvarus Cordubensis, Gotteschalcus Orbacensis |
122 | Joannes Scotus |
123 | Ado Viennensis |
124 | Usuardus Sangermanii, Carolus II Calvus |
125–126 | Hincmarus Rhemensis |
127–129 | Anastasius bibliothecarius |
130 | Isidorus Mercator |
131 | Remigius Antissiodorensis, Notkerus Balbulus |
132 | Regino Prumiensis, Hucbaldus S. Amandi |
133 | Odo Cluniacensis |
134 | Atto Vercellensis |
135 | Flodoardus Remensis, Joannes XIII |
136 | Ratherius Veronensis, Liutprandus Cremonensis |
137 | Hrothsuita Gandersheimensis, Widukindus Corbeiensis, Dunstanus Cantuariensis, Adso Dervensis, Joannes S. Arnulfi Metensis |
138 | Richerus S. Remigii |
139 | Sylvester II (Gerbertus), Aimoinus Floriacensis, Abbo Floriacensis, Thietmarus Merseburgensis |
140 | Burchardus Wormaciensis, Henricus II imperator, Adelboldus Trajectensis, Thangmarus Hildesheimensis |
141 | Fulbertus Carnotensis, Guido Aretinus, Joannes XIX |
142 | Bruno Herbipolensis, Odilo Cluniacensis, Berno Augiae Divitis |
143 | Hermannus Contractus, Humbertus Silvae Candidae, Leo IX |
144–145 | Petrus Damianus |
146 | Othlonus S. Emmerammi, Adamus Bremensis, Gundecharus Eichstetensis, Lambertus Hersfeldensis, Petrus Malleacensis |
147 | Joannes Abrincensis, Bertholdus Constantiensis, Bruno Magdeburgensis, Marianus Scottus, Landulfus Mediolanensis, Alphanus Salernitanus |
148 | Gregorius VII |
149 | Victor III, Anselmus Lucensis, Willelmus Calculus |
150 | Lanfrancus Cantuariensis, Herluinus Beccensis, Willelmus Beccensis Abbas, Boso Beccensis Abbas, Theobaldus Beccensis Abbas, Letardus Beccensis Abbas, Augustinus Cantuariensis Episcopus, Bonizio Sutrensis Placentinus Episcopus, Guillelmus Metensis Abbas, Wilhelmus Hirsaugensis Abbas, Herimannus Metensis Episcopus, Theodoricus S Audoeni Monachus, Guido Farfensis Abbas, Aribo Scholasticus, Henricus Pomposianus Clericus, Robertus De Tumbalena Abbas, Gerardus Cameracensis Episcopus II, Reynaldus Remensis Archiepiscopus I, Joannes Cotto, Fulco Corbeiensis Abbas, Gillebertus Elnonensis Monachus, Willelmus Clusiensis Monachus, Durandus Claromontanus Episcopus, Hemmingus Wigorniensis Monachus, Radbodus Tornacensis Episcopus, Agano Augustodunensis Episcopus, Oldaricus Praepositus, Bernardus Lutevensis Episcopus, Fulcoius Meldensis Subdiaconus, Constantinus Africanus Casinensis, Deusdedit Cardinalis, Willelmus Pictavensis Archidiaconus, Joannes De Garlandia, Rufinus Episcopus |
151 | Urbanus II |
152–153 | Bruno Carthusianorum |
154 | Hugo Flaviniacensis, Ekkehardus Uraugiensis, Wolphelmus Brunwillerensis |
155 | Godefridus Bullonius, Radulfus Ardens, Lupus Protospatarius |
156 | Guibertus S. Mariae de Novigento |
157 | Goffridus Vindocinensis, Thiofridus Efternacensis, Petrus Alphonsus |
158–159 | Anselmus Cantuariensis |
160 | Sigebertus Gemblacensis |
161 | Ivo Carnotensis |
162 | Ivo Carnotensis, Petrus Chrysolanus, Anselmus Laudunensis |
163 | Paschalis II, Gelasius II, Calixtus II |
164–165 | Bruno Astensis |
166 | Baldricus Dolensis, Honorius II, Cosmas Pragensis |
167–170 | Rupertus Tuitensis |
171 | Hildebertus Turonensis, Marbodus Redonensis |
172 | Honorius Augustodunensis |
173 | Leo Marsicanus, Petrus diaconus, Rodulfus S. Trudonis |
174 | Godefridus Admontensis |
175–177 | Hugo de S. Victore |
178 | Petrus Abaelardus |
179 | Willelmus Malmesburiensis |
180 | Eugenius III, Guillelmus S. Theodorici |
181 | Herveus Burgidolensis |
182–185 | Bernardus Claraevallensis |
186 | Sugerius S. Dionysii, Robertus Pullus, Zacharias Chrysopolitanus |
187 | Gratianus |
188 | Ordericus Vitalis, Anastasius IV, Adrianus IV |
189 | Petrus Venerabilis |
190 | Thomas Cantuariensis, Herbertus de Boseham, Gilbertus Foliot |
191–192 | Petrus Lombardus |
193 | Garnerius S. Victoris, Gerhohus Reicherspergensis |
194 | Gerhohus Reicherspergensis, Hugo Pictavinus, Isaac de Stella, Alcherus Claraevallensis |
195 | Eckbertus Abas Schonaugiensis, Elisabeth Schonaugiensis, Aelredus Rievallensis, Wolbero S. Pantaleonis |
196 | Richardus S. Victoris |
197 | Hildegardis abbatissa |
198 | Adamus Scotus, Petrus Comestor, Godefridus Viterbiensis |
199 | Joannes Saresberiensis |
200 | Alexander III |
201 | Arnulfus Lexoviensis, Guillelmus Tyrensis |
202 | Petrus Cellensis, Urbanus III, Gregorius VIII, Hugo Eterianus, Gilbertus Foliot |
203 | Philippus de Harveng |
204 | Reinerus S. Laurentii Leodiensis, Clemens III |
205 | Petrus Cantor |
206 | Coelestinus III, Thomas Cisterciensis, Joannes Algrinus |
207 | Petrus Blesensis |
208 | Martinus Legionensis |
209 | Martinus Legionensis, Wilhelmus Daniae, Gualterus de Castellione |
210 | Alanus de Insulis |
211 | Stephanus Tornacensis, Petrus Pictaviensis, Adamus Perseniae |
212 | Helinandus Frigidi Montis, Guntherus Cisterciensis, Odo de Soliaco |
213 | Sicardus Cremonensis, Petrus Sarnensis |
214–217 | Innocentius III vol. 216 |
218–221 | Indices |
Notes
See also
External links
- Complete catalog of downloadable PDFs of PL volumes in Google Books and Archive.
- Catalog of PL volumes in Google Books, by Mischa Hooker.
- Patrologia Latina Digitalized Database at Documenta Catholica Omnia.
- Patrologia Latina Database (subscription required).
- (French) Many latin and greek editions with translation in french.
- A comprehensive catalog of PL volumes in Google Books and Gallica, where was included duplicated imprints, with the year and the edition of each volume founded [Migne and/or Garnier brothers], by Francisco Arriaga [Updated May 11, 2010].
- Patrologia Latina (PL) PDF's at Roger Pearse.
- An open source XML version of the Patrologia Latina has been made available by the Open Greek and Latin Project at the University of Leipzig.