City of Saints explores how Byzantine Rome naturalized saints from throughout the Mediterranean world to build a new sacred topography. As a result, an exhausted city with a limited Christian presence metamorphosed into the spiritual center of Western Christianity.
City of Saints explores how Byzantine Rome naturalized saints from throughout the Mediterranean world to build a new sacred topography. As a result, an exhausted city with a limited Christian presence metamorphosed into the spiritual center of Western Christianity.
Maya Maskarinec is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Southern California.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Chapter 1. A City of Saints Chapter 2. Imperial Saints Triumphant in the Forum Romanum Chapter 3. St. Caesarius on the Palatine: Enriching Rome by Imperial Orders Chapter 4. Miraculous Charity Along the Tiber's Banks Chapter 5. Fashioning Saints for the Affluent on the Aventine Hill Chapter 6. Collectivities of Sanctity in Early Medieval Rome Chapter 7. Carolingian Romes Outside of Rome Chapter 8. A Universalizing Rome Through the Lens of Ado of Vienne Epilogue Appendices 1. Saints from Abroad Venerated in Rome, ca. 500-900 2. Theodotus and S. Angelo in Pescheria 3. The Translatio of St. Caesarius from Terracina to Rome 4. The Spread of St. George's Cult 5. An Early Medieval Diaconia Dedicated to St. Nicholas? 6. The Passio of St. Boniface of Tarsus Notes Bibliography Index
Introduction Chapter 1. A City of Saints Chapter 2. Imperial Saints Triumphant in the Forum Romanum Chapter 3. St. Caesarius on the Palatine: Enriching Rome by Imperial Orders Chapter 4. Miraculous Charity Along the Tiber's Banks Chapter 5. Fashioning Saints for the Affluent on the Aventine Hill Chapter 6. Collectivities of Sanctity in Early Medieval Rome Chapter 7. Carolingian Romes Outside of Rome Chapter 8. A Universalizing Rome Through the Lens of Ado of Vienne Epilogue Appendices 1. Saints from Abroad Venerated in Rome, ca. 500-900 2. Theodotus and S. Angelo in Pescheria 3. The Translatio of St. Caesarius from Terracina to Rome 4. The Spread of St. George's Cult 5. An Early Medieval Diaconia Dedicated to St. Nicholas? 6. The Passio of St. Boniface of Tarsus Notes Bibliography Index
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