Paradigmatic Piety: Liturgy in the Life of Martha, Mother of Symeon Stylites the Younger

The Life of Martha, the mother of the sixth-century stylite Symeon the Younger, has been almost completely neglected in modern scholarship. Yet the text possesses considerable historical interest as evidence for the contested development of a cult, as a literary composition with a unique structure,...

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Main Author: Parker, Lucy 1991- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press [2016]
In: Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 99-125
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Marta, Female saint -551 / Hagiography / Symeon, der Stylit der Jüngere, Heiliger 521-592 / Piety / Liturgy
IxTheo Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
KCD Hagiography; saints
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