Telling the Sanctity in Byzantine Italy

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Pages:: 609–640

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004307704_024

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Hagiographical literature in Byzantine Italy begins with narrations about martyrs or confessors. Almost all of these texts belong to the genre of epic passions. Later, between the 8th and 9th centuries, several Lives were written, in which bishops and protobishops become protagonists. Most of these lives present a legendary character; however, they do contain a wealth of ideological and cultural motifs, such as the legendary issue of the apostolic origins of the Sicilian dioceses. Moreover, their complex narrative structure, which contains several themes from the literary tradition of the romance, has consistently possessed considerable appeal for readers. The Muslim conquest of Sicily appears to have been a turning point in the production of Italo-Greek hagiography. In the works from the 10th-11th centuries, the protagonists are holy monks whose biographies give a realistic picture of contemporary society in southern Italy, especially of Greek monasticism. The last lives were written after the Norman conquest.

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A Companion to Byzantine Italy

Series: Brill's Companions to the Byzantine World, Volume: 8

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004307704

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 22 Jan 2021

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