O'Dwyer, Barry W., Stephen of Lexington: Letters from Ireland 1228-1229 (Cistercian Fathers Series 28. Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications)
Text name(s): Letters of Stephen of Lexington
Number of pages of primary source text: 208
Author(s):
Dates: 1228 - 1229
Archival Reference:
Original Language(s):
- Latin
Translation:
- Translated into English.
Translation Comments:
Geopolitical Region(s):
- British Isles
- Ireland
County/Region:
Record Types:
- Letter
- Register - Bishop
Subject Headings:
- Clergy - Monks, Nuns, Friars
- Religion - Institutional Church
Apparatus:
- Appendix
- Introduction
Comments:
Stephen of Lexington’s letters record his visitations of Cistercian monasteries in Ireland in 1228. The 107 letters translated here in full are addressed both to Irish officials and Cistercians outside the country. They give a picture of disorder and violence both within the Irish monasteries and in Ireland generally. Apparatus include maps and a chart detailing the relationships between various houses in the Mellifont filiation. Translation from B. Griesser, ed., “Registrum Epistolarum Abbatis Stephani de Lexinton,” in Analecta Sacri Ordinis Cisterciensis 2 (1946): 1-118.
Introduction Summary:
Introduction (3-14) provides biographical information on Stephen of Lexington and an overview of his itinerary in Ireland.
Cataloger: JMG
