Debating the saints' cult in the age of Gregory the Great

Dal Santo, Matthew

Debating the saints' cult in the age of Gregory the Great [Texte imprimé] / Matthew Dal Santo - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012 - 1 vol. (XII-399 p.) : ill. ; 22 cm - Oxford studies in Byzantium . - Oxford studies in Byzantium (Oxford University Press) .

Bibliogr. p. [357]-393

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

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Christian saints--Cult--History--Early church, ca. 30-600 Christian hagiography--History--Early church, ca. 30-600 Byzantine Empire--Church history Byzantine Empire--Religious life and customs

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