Saints and Their Miracles in Late Antique Gaul /

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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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Dam, Raymond
Other Authors: Gregory, Bishop of Tours, Saint, 538-594, Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus, approximately 540-approximately 600
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Latín
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1993.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Christian saints > Cult.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
Saints chretiens > Culte > France > Histoire.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages > France > Tours > History.
Christian saints > Cult > France > History.
France > Tours.
France.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Different Saints, Different Cults
  • 1. Cult of St. Martin
  • 2. Cult of St. Hilary
  • 3. 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
  • Miracles of St. Hilary (= VH) / Fortunatus
  • Suffering and Miracles of the Martyr St. Julian (= VJ) / Gregory of Tours
  • Appendix 1: The Suffering of the Martyr St. Julian (= Passio)
  • Miracles of the Bishop St. Martin (= VM 1-4) / Gregory of Tours
  • Appendix 2: A Sermon in Praise of St. Martin (= Sermo)
  • Appendix 3: Inscriptions from the Martinellus.

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