Los poemas asociados a Fructuoso de Braga (CPL 1275): Estudio filológico e histórico

Abstract

This paper intends to identify the in-laws of Fructuosus of Braga on the basis of the three poems transmitted at the end of the early Vita s. Fructuosi, an anonymous text that was the source for the longer and better-known Vita (CPL 1293) of the saint. The study provides a new edition and translation of the poems, two of which are attributed to Fructuosus, and the third one, in praise of him, to an unknown author. We argue that Justa’s husband was a son of the Visigothic king Sisenand and his name was Bricius, whereas Visinand, traditionally so regarded, was in fact the fruit of their marriage. In addition, we propose an identification for the addressee of Fructuosus’s poems and another one, more hypothetical, for the author of the above-mentioned early Vita s. Fructuosi, who was also certainly the one who wrote the third poem.