Van Dam Saints and Their Miracles in Late Antique Gaul

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ISBN: 978-1-4008-2114-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 372 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Van Dam, Raymond

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction 3

Ch. 1 Different Saints, Different Cults 11

1 The Cult of St. Martin 13

2 The Cult of St. Hilary 28

3 The Cult of St. Julian 41

Ch. 2 Gregory of Tours and His Patron Saints 50

1 Becoming a Bishop 52

2 Being a Bishop 68

Ch. 3 Bodily Miracles 82

1 Body and Community 86

2 Body and Power 94

3 Body and Theology 105

Ch. 4 Pilgrimages and Miracle Stories 116

1 Pilgrimages to Tours 117

2 "The Place Where His Body Is Now Honored" 128

3 Pilgrimages from Tours 135

4 Gregory's Vow 142

Epilogue 150

The Miracles of St. Hilary (= VH) 155

The Suffering and Miracles of the Martyr St. Julian (= VJ) 162

Appendix 1: The Suffering of the Martyr St. Julian (= Passio) 196

The Miracles of the Bishop St. Martin (= VM 1-4) 199

Appendix 2: A Sermon in Praise of St. Martin (= Sermo) 304

Appendix 3: Inscriptions from the Martinellus 308

Editions and Translations 319

Bibliography 323

Map 335

Index 337

Über Autor(innen)

Raymond Van Dam is Associate Professor of Roman History at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Leadership and Community in Late Antique Gaul (California) and of Gregory of Tours, Glory of the Martyrs and Gregory of Tours, Glory of the Confessors, both published by Liverpool University Press.