History and Hagiography: The Vita Sancti Servani and the Foundation of Culross Abbey
The Cistercian abbey of Culross was founded in 1217 on the site of an earlier church known locally to have been established by St Serf. This heritage was successfully appropriated by the new abbey through the adoption of the cult. As successors to the saint and his church, the monks were entitled to...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2021
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The Downside review
Year: 2021, Volume: 139, Issue: 1, Pages: 65-81 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KBF British Isles KCA Monasticism; religious orders KCD Hagiography; saints |
| Further subjects: | B
Medieval
B Landscape B Saints B Hagiography B History B Cistercians |
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