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Sanctorum veteris et majoris Scotiae seu Hibernix, Sanctorum Insulae, partim ex variis per Europam MS. Codicibus exscripta, partim ex antiquis monumentis et probatis Auctoribus eruta et congesta; omnia Notis et Appendicibus illustrata. Tomus primus qui de Sacris Hiberniae Antiquitatibus est
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Colgan wrote a substantial body of work on Irish hagiology, drawing on both Ward's collection of manuscripts and his own familiarity with Irish tradition. Many of the manuscripts in question were lost around the time of the French
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