Between popularity and cult. The tales of eastern ascetics and the cult of holy monks in the late-antique West Cover Image

Między popularnością a kultem. Opowieści o wielkich ascetach i kult świętych mnichów na późnoantycznym Zachodzie
Between popularity and cult. The tales of eastern ascetics and the cult of holy monks in the late-antique West

Author(s): Robert Wiśniewski
Subject(s): Cultural history, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Sub Lupa
Keywords: late antiquity; hagiography; cult of saints; monasticism

Summary/Abstract: This article asks what role hagiographical texts played in the promotion of the cults of saints. In order to address this question the present study traces the development of the cults of a group of eastern holy monks in the late-antique West, where

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: XV
  • Page Range: 61-80
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish
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