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Rediscovering Sainthood in Italy - Hagiography and the Late Antique Past in Medieval Ravenna (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
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Rediscovering Sainthood in Italy - Hagiography and the Late Antique Past in Medieval Ravenna (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
Series: The New Middle Ages
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Beginning with Saint Barbatianus, a fifth-century wonderworking
monk and confessor to the Empress Galla Placidia, this book focuses
on the changes in the religious landscape of Ravenna, a former
capital of the Late Roman Empire, through the Middle Ages. During
this period, written stories about saints and their relics not only
offered guidance and solace but were also used by those living
among the ruins of a once great city-particularly its archbishops,
monks, and the urban aristocracy-to reflect on its past glory. This
practice remained important to the citizens of Ravenna as they came
to terms with the city's revival and renewed relevance in the tenth
century under Ottonian rule. In using the vita of Barbatianus as a
central text, Edward M. Schoolman explores how saints and sanctity
were created and ultimately came to influence complex political and
social networks, from the Late Roman Empire to the High Middle
Ages.
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