In the Company of Wisdom: Transforming Cemeteries into Spaces of Learning in Late Antique Milan

The intellectualization of Christianity and the cult of martyrs are often studied as separate phenomena. Using Milan as a case study, I argue that the didactic, exegetical, and aesthetic practices associated with the classrooms of ancient grammarians and philosophers were imported into cemeteries an...

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Main Author: Urbano, Arthur P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2020
In: Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 28, Issue: 4, Pages: 555-590
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Milan / Ambrose Saint, Bishop of Milan 339-397 / Martyr / Cemetery / Intellectualization
IxTheo Classification:CH Christianity and Society
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
KBJ Italy
KCD Hagiography; saints
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