Les recensions de la Passion des saintes Juste et Rufine de Séville

Abstract This article examines the hagiographic documentation on Sts Justa and Rufina of Seville. An edition of the Visigothic Passion ( BHL 4566) reveals an Aquitaine branch that presents an older version of the text. The unpublished version BHL 4567 presents variants that demonstrate its antiquity. Finally, a fragment from Vic bears traces of a version from which BHL 4566 and BHL 4567 derive, and which a supplemented Golden Legend from Barcelona may have partially preserved. Fi-nally, examination of the later abridged versions reveals other traces of this ancient version, which predates the Visigothic rewriting attested from the 7th cent. onwards. It is certain that this primitive text included a mention of the ancient city of Ulia, which disappeared during the Visigothic period.