La passion de saint Denis écrite par Hilduin (BHL 2175) : le travail d’un historiographe ou l’oeuvre d’un faussaire ?
Klaus Krönert
Abbot Hilduin of Saint-Denis produced a new Latin version the Passion St. Denis (BHL 2175), thorough and expanded rewriting earlier versions. This work, commissioned by Louis Pious in 835, circulated far more widely than previous recensions. In his correspondence with emperor, listed sources he had used for Passion, which firmly established identity each Denises : Parisian martyr, biblical disciple Apostle Paul, philob. sopher author Dionysian corpus, visionary astronomer an alleged Syriac Autobiography. Most scholars who have studied this particularly theGerman historianMax Buchner, regardedHilduin as forger, invented many sources. A analysis partly clears Hilduin’s reputation demonstrates that was serious historian apart from Conscriptio Visbii Letter Dionysius to Apollophanes, remain doubtful, other documents were clearly not composed him. However, abbot simple reporter occasionally took liberties order defend monastery strengthen its position within Carolingian Empire.
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