Quando (romani) sanctorum reliquias dant: Las reliquias en la hagiopolítica de Gregorio Magno
In the sixth century, the cult of the saints had become such a relevant phenomenon the different churches of the late antique Christianity would boast the possession of relics in an effort to capitalize their unworldly wealth and to bestow prestige on their see. In the context of struggle for the ec...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Catalan |
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Brepols
[2018]
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| In: |
Sacris erudiri
Year: 2018, Volume: 57, Pages: 267-321 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Gregor, I., Pope 542-604
/ Relic
/ Church
/ Power politics
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KCB Papacy KCD Hagiography; saints RB Church office; congregation |
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| Summary: | In the sixth century, the cult of the saints had become such a relevant phenomenon the different churches of the late antique Christianity would boast the possession of relics in an effort to capitalize their unworldly wealth and to bestow prestige on their see. In the context of struggle for the ecclesiastical primacy between Rome and Constantinople, Gregory the Great will profit from the enormous spiritual deposit of the Vrbs to favour his see and promote it into an unavoidable model. And he will do so by means of the prolific consignment of - contact - relics throughout the Christian world, always following the canonical precepts of a Roman church that sought to impose its vision on the Eastern tradition. Beyond the doctrinal difference between the East and the West and the underlying disputes over the possession of sacred objects, we are interested in categorising and quantifying the Gregorian dispatch of relics - foundational or personal - in order to weigh its relevance in his "hagiopolitics", a neologism we have coined to define the use of the sacred with a political purpose of which Gregory stands an essential milestone. Fortunately, we count on the sheer volume of documentation provided by his epistles, where we find many references - not always explicit nor accurate - to the requests of relics before the Roman see and to their delivery - or authorisation to use them - all across the Romania. |
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| ISSN: | 2295-9025 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sacris erudiri
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.SE.5.116769 |