Theodore of Sykeon - Michael Whitby, Richard Price

Theodore of Sykeon

The Life by George and Encomium by Nicephorus the Treasurer
Buch | Hardcover
376 Seiten
2024
Liverpool University Press (Verlag)
978-1-80207-441-3 (ISBN)
143,40 inkl. MwSt
Theodore of Sykeon is one of the archetypal holy men of the late Roman world, a person whose intense ascetic regime earned him fame in the villages and cities of his Galatian homeland, where he was called upon to work a variety of miracles – cures for various ailments, prevention of natural disasters, and the exorcism of unclean spirits both from individuals and groups. His reputation for holiness led to appointment as bishop of Anastasiopolis, a responsibility he did not enjoy since its administrative commitments compromised his ascetic regime and conflicted with his sense of social justice. The location of his village on the main highway across Anatolia ensured that his fame was soon translated into contacts with travelling dignitaries, and this brought him to the attention of successive emperors and patriarchs of Constantinople. He made three trips to the Holy Land and visited the capital three times, where he met the emperors Maurice, Phocas, and Heraclius as well as the patriarchs Cyriacus, Thomas, and Sergius. Theodore’s disciple George, a future leader of the Sykeon monasteries, began composing this Life shortly after Theodore’s death in 613. Soon thereafter, his body was removed to Constantinople as a talisman, an event celebrated by Nicholas the Treasurer.

Michael Whitby is Emeritus Professor at the University of Birmingham. His many publications include, with Mary Whitby, Chronicon Paschale 284-628 (Translated Texts for Historians 7, LUP 1989, new edition in preparation); The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius Scholasticus (Translated Texts for Historians 33, LUP 2000) and The Cambridge Ancient History XIV, Late Antiquity, Empire and Successors A.D. 425-600 (Cambridge University Press 2000) co-ed with Averil Cameron and Bryan Ward-Perkins. Richard Price is Professor Emeritus of the History of Christianity, Heythrop College and Honorary Research Fellow, Royal Holloway, University of London. His many previous publications include The Acts of the Lateran Synod of 649 (with P. Booth & C. Cubitt, Liverpool 2014), The Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea (Liverpool 2018), The Council of Ephesus of 431 (with T. Graumann, Liverpool 2020), Canons of the Quinisext Council (691/2) (Liverpool 2020) and The Acts of the Council of Constantinople of 869-70 (with Federico Montinaro, Liverpool 2022).

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Abbreviations

Introduction

The Life by George

Appendices to Life 1. Germia: Christ’s Robe, the Myriangeli, and Justinian’s Pilgrimage 2. The Church to the Archangel Michael at Sykeon 3. Changes from Festugière’s text. 4. Glossary 5. Biblical Citations and References

Introduction to Encomium

The Encomium by Nicephorus

Bibliography

Indices

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Translated Texts for Historians ; 86
Zusatzinfo 5 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort Liverpool
Sprache englisch
Maße 147 x 210 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Mittelalter
Religion / Theologie Christentum Kirchengeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-80207-441-4 / 1802074414
ISBN-13 978-1-80207-441-3 / 9781802074413
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