Inventing Gregory “the Great”: Memory, Authority, and the Afterlives of the Letania Septiformis
In modern scholarship, Pope Gregory I “the Great” (590-604) is often simultaneously considered the final scion of classical Rome and the first medieval pope. The letania septiformis, a procession organized into seven groups that Gregory instituted in 590 in the face of plague and disease (and perfor...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2015]
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Church history
Year: 2015, Volume: 84, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-31 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Gregor, I., Pope 542-604
/ Saint's life
/ Middle Ages
/ Plague
/ Procession
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IxTheo Classification: | KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KCB Papacy KCD Hagiography; saints RC Liturgy |
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