... hagiographies. Written decades after the events narrated in them occurred, under different political circumstances, these texts re-imagined and re-interpreted these diplomatic encounters, bolstering claims of episcopal authority. The second part of this essay contextualizes the hagiographic claims of Gallic...

... are entirely silenced. © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 This paper offers a different point of departure from this earlier reading of the Theodoros hagiographies. While the depictions of Maria and her family in these two texts certainly offer a tantalizing glimpse of rural...

... monastic architecture hagiography Christian cult site Symeon the Stylite the Younger (521–592 CE) can be counted among the most important saints in the late antique and Byzantine traditions. He was born in Antioch to his mother, Martha from Antioch, and his father, John from Edessa. In 526...

... had returned. 33 Anastasius of Sinai Chalcedonian Christianity Anti-Chalcedonian Christianity Hagiography Islamic Expansion Early Islamic Middle East Anastasius implies a symbiotic relationship between demons and the Muslims, one that draws directly on the more traditional imagery...

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