Catia Galatariotou

The Making of a Saint

The Life, Times and Sanctification of Neophytos the Recluse

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Every case of sanctification is unique - as unique as the holy man or woman at its centre. Yet at the same time the problem posed is a general one: how does an individual become a Saint? In this bold and pioneering study the author answers the question by providing a detailed analysis of the case of the late twelfth- and early thirteenth-century Byzantine holy man, the Cypriot Saint Neophytos the Recluse.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 534g
• ISBN-13: 9780521521888
• ISBN-10: 0521521882
• Artikelnr.: 21630807

Inhaltsangabe

List of plates
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Introduction: aims and methods
Part I. The Life and Times of Neophytos the Recluse: 1. The life of Neophytos
2. The literary and wider cultural context of Neophytos' writings
3. Cyprus in the eleventh, twelfth and early thirteenth centuries
Part II. The Process of Self-Sanctification: 4. Neophytos' conception of sanctity
5. The self-proclaimed holy man
Part III. The Social Context of Sanctity: 6. Education
7. Neophytos' public
8. Social commentary
9. Secular politics
10. Ecclesiastical politics
Part IV. Saint Neophytos the Recluse: 11. Sanctification
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.