The Making of Saint Martin

Head reliquary of St. Martin. Gilt silver and copper, basse-taille enamel over silver (restored in the 20th century), made in Avignon (?), late 14th century. From the church of Soudeilles (Corrèze, France).

The Making of Saint Martin By Piotr Morawski, Gorjan Dimitrov, Henriette L E Rasmussen, Amalie Frese and Julie Jacobsen Thesis, Roskilde University, 2005 Introduction: The main character of interest in our project is Saint Martin of Tours: a Roman soldier, monk and finally bishop of Tours. Martin, as we learn from the sources, was born […]

Saints, Monks and Bishops; cult and authority in the diocese of Wells (England) before the Norman Conquest

Saints, Monks and Bishops; cult and authority in the diocese of Wells (England) before the Norman Conquest Costen, Michael (University of Bristol, UK) Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture, Volume 3, No. 2 (2011) Abstract This paper is founded upon a database, assembled by the writer, of some 3300 instances of dedications to saints […]

“Frankish” or “Byzantine” Saint? The origins of the cult of Saint Martin in Dalmatia

Martin of Tours

“Frankish” or “Byzantine” Saint? The origins of the cult of Saint Martin in Dalmatia Vedris, Trpimir Papers from the First and Second Postgraduate Forums in Byzantine Studies: Sailing to Byzantium, a cura di S. Neocleous, Cambridge, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, (2009) Abstract This paper grew out of my research in Dalmatian hagiotopography and was originally meant to contribute […]

Remains of Anglo-Saxon Saint discovered?

saint edburg

Archaeologists working in the Oxfordshire town of Bicester believe they have discovered a reliquary containing some of the bones of Saint Edburg, a seventh-century saint. John Moore Heritage Services is conducting the excavations of a site of former apartment buildings (flats) which is being redeveloped. The land once belonged to Bicester Priory, and the archaeological […]

Sex and the single saint physicality in Anglo-Saxon female saints’ lives

Medieval Sex

This study examines the treatment of the female body in several Anglo-Saxon saints’ lives.

Legend, Veneration, and Nationalism: The History of Devotion and Pilgrimage to the Miraculous Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa

Black Madonna

Legend, Veneration, and Nationalism: The History of Devotion and Pilgrimage to the Miraculous Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa Młynarz, Mike (University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta) Axis Mundi (2005/6) Abstract According to legend, St. Luke the Evangelist painted an icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which eventually found its way to a monastery in Częstochowa, […]

‘In the beginning was the Word’: books and faith in the age of Bede

Bede 2

‘In the beginning was the Word’: books and faith in the age of Bede Brown, Michelle P. The Heroic Age, Issue 4, Winter (2001) Abstract In this paper I discuss the role of the book in a nascent Christian culture and focus in upon its value as a cult object, with particular reference to the […]

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