Medievalists.net » Pope Felix IV http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Projecting Power in Sixth-Century Rome: The church of Santi Cosma e Damiano in the late antique Forum Romanum http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/04/projecting-power-in-sixth-century-rome-the-church-of-santi-cosma-e-damiano-in-the-late-antique-forum-romanum/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/04/projecting-power-in-sixth-century-rome-the-church-of-santi-cosma-e-damiano-in-the-late-antique-forum-romanum/#comments Thu, 05 Dec 2013 01:23:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45493 In the year 526 CE, the bishop of Rome, Pope Felix IV, petitioned the Ostrogoth king Theoderic for permission to convert a small complex in the Forum Romanum into a place of worship dedicated to the Saints Cosmas and Damian...This paper critiques traditional interpretations of this church—its physical location and its apse mosaic—in light of new research that nuances our understanding of the historical context in which it was commissioned.

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