Saints and their miracles in late antique Gaul

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Saints and their miracles in late antique Gaul

Raymond Van Dam

Princeton University Press, c1993

  • : pbk

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Includes English translations of selections from Fortunatus and Gregory of Tours

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-334) and index

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: pbk ISBN 9780691021126

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Saints' cults, with their focus on miraculous healings and pilgrimages, were not only a distinctive feature of Christian religion in fifth-and sixth-century Gaul but also a vital force in political and social life. Here Raymond Van Dam uses accounts of miracles performed by SS. Martin, Julian, and Hilary to provide a vivid and comprehensive depiction of some of the most influential saints' cults. Viewed within the context of ongoing tensions between paganism and Christianity and between Frankish kings and bishops, these cults tell much about the struggle for authority, the forming of communities, and the concept of sin and redemption in late Roman Gaul. Van Dam begins by describing the origins of the three cults, and discusses the career of Bishop Gregory of Tours, who benefited from the support of various patron saints and in turn promoted their cults. He then treats the political and religious dimensions of healing miracles--including their relation to Catholic theology and their use by bishops to challenge royal authority--and of pilgrimages to saints' shrines. The miracle stories, collected mainly by Gregory of Tours, appear in their first complete English translations.

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Preface Ch. 1 Different Saints, Different Cults 1 The Cult of St. Martin 2 The Cult of St. Hilary 3 The Cult of St. Julian Ch. 2 Gregory of Tours and His Patron Saints 1 Becoming a Bishop 2 Being a Bishop Ch. 3 Bodily Miracles 1 Body and Community 2 Body and Power 3 Body and Theology Ch. 4 Pilgrimages and Miracle Stories 1 Pilgrimages to Tours 2 "The Place Where His Body Is Now Honored" 3 Pilgrimages from Tours 4 Gregory's Vow Epilogue The Miracles of St. Hilary (= VH) The Suffering and Miracles of the Martyr St. Julian (= VJ) Appendix 1: The Suffering of the Martyr St. Julian (= Passio) The Miracles of the Bishop St. Martin (= VM 1-4) Appendix 2: A Sermon in Praise of St. Martin (= Sermo) Appendix 3: Inscriptions from the Martinellus Editions and Translations Bibliography Map Index
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ISBN 9780691032337

内容説明

Saints' cults, with their focus on miraculous healings and pilgrimages, were not only a distinctive feature of Christian religion in fifth-and sixth-century Gaul but also a vital force in political and social life. Here Raymond Van Dam uses accounts of miracles performed by SS. Martin, Julian, and Hilary to provide a vivid and comprehensive depiction of some of the most influential saints' cults. Viewed within the context of ongoing tensions between paganism and Christianity and between Frankish kings and bishops, these cults tell much about the struggle for authority, the forming of communities, and the concept of sin and redemption in late Roman Gaul. Van Dam begins by describing the origins of the three cults, and discusses the career of Bishop Gregory of Tours, who benefited from the support of various patron saints and in turn promoted their cults. He then treats the political and religious dimensions of healing miracles--including their relation to Catholic theology and their use by bishops to challenge royal authority--and of pilgrimages to saints' shrines. The miracle stories, collected mainly by Gregory of Tours, appear in their first complete English translations.

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