The Acts of Andrew and Matthias among the Cannibals (Latin recensions)
Acta Andreae et Matthiae apud anthropophagos (recensio latina)
· Anonymous (Latin recension of the Acts of Andrew and Matthias)
· 6th-8th century (Latin recensions)
· apocryphon
Latin · domain: latin-apocrypha · researched 2026-11-14
partial / older only. An English translation exists but is partial or older than the critical edition. The gap is a modern, complete translation from the original. A rendering of a daughter version does not count here: it is recorded on the dossier of the text it actually translates.
Why this is in the register
Bonnet prints the Latin Acta Andreae et Matthiae in Acta Apostolorum Apocrypha II.1 (https://archive.org/details/actaapostolorvm02tiscgoog), and Tischendorf's Apocalypses Apocryphae carries additamenta to the same acts (https://archive.org/details/apocalypsesapoc00perkgoog). The Latin recensions have been edited and studied only in German: HOLLIS Primo 'Acta Andreae et Matthiae' returns 'Die lateinischen Bearbeitungen der Acta Andreae et Matthiae apud anthropophagos' (Giessen, 1930) alongside Bonnet's Latin corpus (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Acta%20Andreae%20et%20Matthiae&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 The English 'Acts of Andrew and Matthias' in Ante-Nicene Fathers 8, p. 527, and the section of the same name in the Polebridge Acts of Andrew (2005) render the Greek tradition (https://archive.org/details/antenicenefather08buff; https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Acts%20of%20Andrew&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 No English translation of the Latin recensions as such was located.
The cannibal-city narrative is the most widely copied of all the Andrew stories and the one that passed into Western hagiography and iconography. The Latin recensions are textually distinct from the Greek, and their only modern treatment is a 1930 German monograph, so an English reader cannot see what the Latin versions add.
Peterson, Peter M. (Peter Megill), 1929- · 1958 · eng
Peterson, Peter M. (Peter Megill), 1929-. "Andrew, brother of Simon Peter : his history and his legends." Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1958. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990015248290203941
Peterson, Peter M. (Peter Megill), 1929- · 1958 · eng
Peterson, Peter M. (Peter Megill), 1929-. "Andrew, brother of Simon Peter : his history and his legends." Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1958. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990015248280203941
"A biblical theology of the Holy Spirit." Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, a division of Wipf and Stock Publishers, [2014]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990141640790203941
Hervieux, Jacques, 1927-. "The New Testament Apocrypha." New York, Hawthorn Books [1960]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990025650010203941
Cite: Tergwame, “The Acts of Andrew and Matthias among the Cannibals (Latin recensions)”
(latin gap dossier), 2026.
https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/latin-acta-andreae-et-matthiae