The Rule of an ‘‘Iro-Egyptian’’ monk in Gaul Jonas’ Vita Iohannis and the construction of a monastic identity
This article provides an analysis of the narrative techniques applied in Jonas of Bobbio’s Vita Iohannis, a hagiographic text that aims to be rather a monastic programme (possibly even a regula) than an account of historical facts. Jonas constructs his saint as a new Anthony placed in a setting of L...
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Brepols
2008
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Revue Mabillon
Year: 2008, Volume: 19, Pages: 5-50 |
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