Una testimonianza inedita del "De Trinitate" di Novaziano nella "Passio sanctae Theodosiae virginis"

Two medieval manuscripts (Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 5771 and Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Conv. soppr. G.5.1212) transmit an unpublished draft of a hagiographical text, the Passio sanctae Theodosiae virginis. This version is longer than the others and it is probably the earliest. In this text, a literal quotation from Novatian’s De Trinitate has been noticed: almost the whole chapter 29 is there reproduced. The article summarizes the status quaestionis about the transmission of the De Trinitate: all ancient and medieval manuscripts are lost and the text is today restored according to the 16th century printed editions. Afterward, it presents the Passio Theodosiae and its longior draft which includes the extract from the De Trinitate. Lastly, some variants apparently potiores retained by this branch of tradition are pointed out and discussed. In the appendix, the entire quotation is transcribed from the Vatican manuscript and is furnished with an apparatus in which are recorded the variants found in the other manuscript and the ones found in the printed editions. It gives also the lectiones of Gregory of Elvira’s Tractatus Origenis XX, in which the author quotes some passages from Novatian’s De Trinitate, chapter 29. His variants have some convergences with the text of the Passio Theodosiae.