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Record Nr.

UNISA996197526303316

Autore

Dal Santo Matthew

Titolo

Debating the saints' cults in the age of Gregory the Great [[electronic resource] /] / Matthew Dal Santo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-99558-0

9786613767196

0-19-162637-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 p.)

Collana

Oxford studies in Byzantium

Altri autori (Persone)

Dal SantoMatthew

Disciplina

235.2

Soggetti

Saints - Cult

Byzantine Empire Church history

Byzantine Empire Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction: Gregory the Great and the saints� cult in late antiquity""; ""1. Gregory the Great and Eustratius of Constantinople: The Dialogues on the Miracles of the Italian Fathers as an apology for the cult of the saints""; ""2. The fourth dialogue of Pope Gregory the Great: The early Byzantine context of a Latin disquisition on the soul""; ""3. Contesting the saints� miracles: The witness of early Byzantine Lives and miracle collections""

""4. The saints� inactivity post mortem: Soul sleep and the cult of saints east of the Euphrates""""Conclusion: Debating the saints� cult in the age of Gregory the Great and Muhammad""; ""Epilogue: Visualizing the God-guarded empire with the Sinai Icon of the Virgin and Child""; ""Appendix: Anastasius of Sinai and Pseudo-Athanasius, Question and Answer writers""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

Dal Santo argues that Pope Gregory the Great's 'Dialogues', which debated the nature and plausibility of the saints' miracles and the propriety of the saints' cult, should be considered from the perspective



of a wide-ranging debate which took place in early Byzantine society.