Saintsâ Lives on the Move: the Circulation of Apostolic Legends

Samantha Kahn Herrick

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Chapter 4 Saintsâ Lives on the Move: the Circulation of Apostolic Legends

In: Hagiography and the History of Latin Christendom, 500â1500

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004417472_006

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This chapter investigates how medieval saintsâ lives traveled and what their travels imply about the circulation of information in the Middle Ages. It focuses on apostolic legends, which proliferated between c.750 and c.1250 as numerous cities (particularly in modern France) claimed founding bishops close to early Christian leaders such as Peter and even Jesus. It traces the legendsâ circulation, with particular attention to the vitae of one founding bishop. Evidence reveals that these vitae could travel relatively far, relatively fast, and that they remained in circulation for centuries. Such circulation is often quite difficult to explain, however, due to lack of evidence. This chapter outlines the riddles posed by the circulation of apostolic legends, and suggests plausible explanations to their travels. These explanations propose models for the ways in which medieval communities shared information.

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Hagiography and the History of Latin Christendom, 500â1500

Series:Â Reading Medieval Sources, Volume: 4

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004417472

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 18 Dec 2019

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Hagiography and the History of Latin Christendom, 500â1500