Legenda: Philippus et Draco

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Philippus et Draco

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This story about Philip and the Dragon comes from the Legenda Aurea, the "Golden Legends," or lives of the saints written by Jacobus of Voragine. You can read the English version of the Legenda Aurea by Caxton online.

Although there is only a brief entry for Philip in the Golden Legends, there is an apocryphal book, The Acts of Philip, which you can read online, as well as an apocryphal Gospel of Philip found in the Nag Hammadi Library. For more information, see the Philip pages at Catholic Forum, St. Patrick's - DC, Catholic Online, the Catholic Encyclopedia and wikipedia.

Filippino Lippi, Philip Driving the Dragon from the Temple of Hieropolis.
1502 - Santa Maria Novella, Florence.
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Philippus apostolus cum XX annis per Scythiam praedicasset	praedicasset: subjunctive with cum
a paganis tenetur et ad immolandum statuae Martis ab eisdem compellitur.
Tunc subito draco quidam ingens desub base statim exiit,
qui filium pontificis qui ignem ministrabat in sacrificio interfecit	qui: relative pronoun, agreeing with draco in gender and number qui: relative pronoun, agreeing with filium in gender and number
duosque tribunos quorum ministri Philippum in vinculis detinebant extinxit	quorum: relative pronoun, agreeing with tribunos in gender and number
ceterosque adeo sui flatus fetore infecit ut omnes morbidi redderentur.	redderentur: subjunctive with ut
Dixitque Philippus: "Credite mihi et statuam istam confringite et in loco eius crucem domini adorate
ut infirmi vestri sanentur et mortui suscitentur."	sanentur...suscitentur: subjunctives with ut
At hii qui cruciabantur clamabant:	qui: relative pronoun, agreeing with hii in gender and number
"Tantum fac ut sanemur et hunc Martem protinus confringemus."	sanemur: subjunctive with ut
Tunc Philippus draconi praecepit ut in locum desertum descenderet ita ut nulli omnino noceret.	descenderet: subjunctive with ut noceret: subjunctive with ut
Qui statim recessit et ulterius non comparuit.	qui: relative pronoun, agreeing with draconi in gender and number
Tunc Philippus omnes sanavit et illis tribus mortuis vitae beneficium impetravit;
sicque universis credentibus per annum unum eis adhuc praedicavit	universis credentibus : ablative absolute
et eis presbiteros et diacones ordinans in Asiam in civitatem Ierapolin venit.	ordinans...venit : participle plus verb (he appointed... and went...)