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Legenda Pancratii Taorminensis

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Summary

The Legenda Pancratii Taorminensis is an anonymous Old Georgian hagiographic text recounting the life of Pancratius, a missionary bishop of Taormina in Sicily. The work survives in a single manuscript, dated on palaeographic and linguistic grounds to the 10th–11th centuries, with no other Georgian witness known. It is a translation from a lost Greek Vorlage, differing from the Greek BHL 1498 tradition. The text presents itself as authored by Evagre, a disciple of Bagrat, and applies the title 'equal of the apostles' to the saint. Lacking clear liturgical use, it likely served as edifying narrative. The Titus edition provides no apparatus or translation, limiting verification.

The Legenda Pancratii Taorminensis is significant as a rare witness to the transmission of Byzantine hagiography into Georgian, illustrating the cultural and religious exchange between the Greek and Georgian Christian worlds. Its survival in a single manuscript highlights the fragility of such texts and the importance of careful textual criticism. The work also contributes to the study of the cult of Pancratius in the East and the development of Georgian hagiographic literature.

Historical context

The Legenda Pancratii Taorminensis belongs to the genre of hagiography, specifically the life of a missionary saint. Pancratius of Taormina was venerated in Eastern Christian traditions, and the Georgian version reflects the translation and adaptation of Byzantine hagiographic material in the Georgian monastic and literary milieu. The single manuscript witness, dated to the 10th–11th centuries, suggests production in a Georgian scriptorium, possibly in the Kingdom of Georgia or in Georgian monasteries abroad (e.g., on Mount Athos or in Palestine). The text's survival in only one copy indicates limited circulation. The lost Greek Vorlage may have been part of a broader Byzantine hagiographic corpus. The Georgian version shows no clear liturgical use, implying it was read for spiritual edification rather than in a liturgical context. The attribution to Evagre as author and disciple of Bagrat is a hagiographic convention, not historically verified. The text's relation to the Greek BHL 1498 tradition is uncertain; differences may stem from translator choices or a different exemplar.

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5 commentary units 1 structure1 term1 background1 reception1 parallel 0 derived notes 2 open questions 1 narrative
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  • limitThe English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve.
  • registerRegister: hagiography in Old Georgian; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them.
  • structurePassages: 1 narrative.
  • sourceSource edition: titus — This text is part of the TITUS edition of Vita Pancratii Tauromensis. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 21.8.2015. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder.

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თვესა ივლისსა თ. ცხორებაჲ და მოქალაქობაჲ წმიდისა მამისა ჩვენისა და მოციქულთა სწორისა ბაგრატისა, მღდელთ მოძღურისა ტავრომენელთა ქალაქისა, ჭალაკისა მის სიკილიისა, რომელი აღწერა ევაგრე ებისკოპოსმან, მოწაფემან მისმან. მოწევნულ არს ჟამი, საყუარელნო, ჴელყოფად თხრობასა ამას კეთილსა და სულთა სარგებელსა, რომელ არს ცხორებაჲ სანატრელისა მის და საკჳრველისა კაცისა ღვთისა ბაგრატისი და დედებულთა მათ და ღვთივ მონიჭებულთა სასწაულთა, რომელნი აღასრულნა მადლითა წმიდისა სამებისათა, გულსმოდგინედ უკუე ისმინეთ, ღვთის მოყვარენო, მოქალაქობაჲ ესე საღმთოჲ და წმიდაჲ, რათა ზიარ მადლისა მისისა იქმნეთ.
English
On the twenty-first day of the month of July, the life and deeds of our holy father and equal of the apostles Bagrat, priest and teacher of the city of the Taorminians, of the plain of Sicily, which was written by Evagre the bishop, his disciple. The time has come, beloved, to be well-disposed to this good and soul-beneficial narrative, which is the life of that blessed and wondrous man of God, Bagrat, and of those God-given miracles which he accomplished by the grace of the Holy Trinity. Hearken diligently, therefore, O lovers of God, to this divine and holy conduct, that you may become partakers of his grace.
Citation. Tergwame, “Legenda Pancratii Taorminensis”, cxovb:1, machine-draft, 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/works/cxovb#s1
Colophon. Source: titus · licence: This text is part of the TITUS edition of Vita Pancratii Tauromensis. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 21.8.2015. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder. · model: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor · provider: Relace · cost: $0.0010 · generated 2026-11-15.