‘And He Transformed Their Temple into a Church’ †: The Redefinition of Sacred Spaces in Libya in Late Antiquity

The aim of studying the context in which churches were built in honour of the Theotokos or dedicated to her in North Africa, as well as in the rest of the Empire, during the sixth century, is to gain a more thorough understanding of Justinian I’s political programme, the utility of unifying dogma an...

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Main Author: Sánchez Medina, Esther (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 7
Further subjects:B Theotokos
B Renovatio imperii
B overlapping cults
B Sacred Space
B Religious Conversion
B political identity
B Procopius of Caesarea
B Byzantine Africa
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