Philip O’Sullivan-Beare's Patritiana decas (1629). Ff. 85v-86r
Title
Philip O’Sullivan-Beare's Patritiana decas (1629). Ff. 85v-86r
Description
The tradition of attributing the victory in the battle of the Alporchones to the intercession of St. Patrick is owed to Philip O'Sullivan Beare, one of the hundreds of Irish exiles who took refuge in Spain during the 17th century after Kinsale. How the Castilians won a victory over the Nazirs on St. Patrick's day, 1452, is narrated in these pages of his Patritiana decas (1621), which compiles ten different versions of the saint's life. The book is responsible for the spread of the cult of the Irish saint throughout Spain and, along with Thomas Messingham and Matthew of Paris's works, for making the legend of St. Patrick's purgatory feature in the work of Lope de Vega and Calderón.
Source
D. Philippi Osullevani Bearri Patritiana decas, siue libri decem (Matriti, ex officina Francisci Martinez, 1629)
Text
Latn
Original Format
Rare book. [16], 181, [5] h.; 4̆º
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