The hagiography of Byzantine Cyprus saints, hagiographers, and texts (fourth to thirteen century) Stephanos Efthymiadis

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Efthymiadis, Stephanos, author.

Standardized Title:

Vyzantinē hagiologia tēs Kyprou. English

Language:

English

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Subjects (All):

Christian saints--Cyprus--Biography--History and criticism.

Christian saints.

Christian hagiography--History--To 1500.

Christian hagiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2025

Summary:

"In an empire such as Byzantium, where the large urban centres monopolised cultural activity and literary creation, writing texts in praise of local saints offered a noteworthy incentive for literary expression on the periphery. Between the establishment of Christianity on the island in the fourth century and its passing from Byzantine to Frankish rule in the thirteenth, Cyprus saw a significant number of hagiographical texts dedicated to its bishop saints and defending the claims and privileges of its Church. This book offers the first systematic study of this body of texts, inquiring into their literary background and engagement both with contemporary Mediterranean history and with issues specifically affecting Cyprus. It also draws attention to hagiographical texts written in later times as reflecting the enduring interest of Byzantine Christianity in the saints of Cyprus, whose cult had by then acquired a universal appeal"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Sanctity and hagiographic literature on Cyprus

In the footsteps of the apostles : the hagiography of the Apostle Barnabas and the first bishops of Cyprus

The hagiography of the fourth-century bishops of Cyprus

St Ioannes the Almsgiver (d. 620) : the Cypriot patriarch of Alexandria and his hagiographical tradition (BHG 886–888e)

A special case : St Artemon and his life or Passio (BHG 175)

Two more seventh-century Cypriot hagiographers

The hagiography of Cyprus after late antiquity

An end and a beginning : Cypriot hagiography in the hundred years of Latin rule

Notes:

Translation of: Vyzantinē hagiologia tēs Kyprou

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge University Press, viewed July 21, 2025)

Other Format:

Print version Efthymiadis, Stephanos Hagiography of Byzantine Cyprus

ISBN:

9781009355575

1009355570

OCLC:

1525502505

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