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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824404103321

Autore

Cynthia Stallman-Pacitti (Author); John Bernard Burke (Editor)

Titolo

The Life of Saint Pankratios of Taormina : Greek text, English translation and commentary

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2018

ISBN

90-04-36644-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (538 pages)

Collana

Byzantina Australiensia ; ; Volume 22

Disciplina

272.10924

Soggetti

Christian saints

Christian martyrs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Outgrowth of the author's thesis (D.Phil.--Oxford, 1986).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Copyright Page / Cynthia J. Stallman-Pacitti -- Editor’s Note / Cynthia J. Stallman-Pacitti -- Preface / Cynthia J. Stallman-Pacitti -- Abbreviations / Cynthia J. Stallman-Pacitti -- Introduction / Cynthia J. Stallman-Pacitti -- Conspectus Siglorum / Cynthia J. Stallman-Pacitti -- Explanation of the Apparatus Criticus / Cynthia J. Stallman-Pacitti -- Text and Translation / Cynthia J. Stallman-Pacitti -- Βίος τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Παγκρατίου ἀρχιπροέδρου τῆς Ταυρομενιτῶν πόλεως, συγγραφεὶς ὑπὸ Εὐαγρίου τοῦ αὐτοῦ μαθητοῦ καὶ οἰκέτου / Cynthia J. Stallman-Pacitti -- Appendix / Cynthia J. Stallman-Pacitti -- Back Matter -- Bibliography / Cynthia J. Stallman-Pacitti -- Index / Cynthia J. Stallman-Pacitti.

Sommario/riassunto

The Life of St Pankratios of Taormina describes the mission and martyrdom of St Pankratios, a disciple of the Apostle Peter sent to evangelize Taormina as its first bishop, and purports to have been written by St Pankratios’ successor, Euagrios. The text was composed in the early eighth century and is of Sicilian provenance. The Life contributes to our understanding of the Byzantine attitude to the past and of the novelistic approach to hagiography. It touches on the topography of Sicily and Calabria, ecclesiastical arrangements in Sicily, civil and military administration, the Sicilian language question, church decoration, liturgical rites, book production, and the attitude to religious images.