Byzantine Defenders of Images: Eight Saints' Lives in English TranslationAlice-Mary Maffry Talbot Dumbarton Oaks, 1998 - 404 páginas The seven vitae feature holy men and women who opposed imperial edicts and suffered for their defense of images, from the nun Theodosia whose efforts to save the icon of Christ Chalkites made her the first iconodule martyr, to Symeon of Lesbos, the pillar saint whose column was attacked by religious fanatics. Life of St. Theodosia of Constantinople Life of St. Stephen the Younger Life of St. Anthousa of Mantineon Life of St. Anthousa, Daughter of Constantine V Life of the Patriarch Nikephoros I of Constantinople Life of Sts. David, Symeon, and George of Lesbos Life of St. Ioannikios Life of St. Theodora the Empress |
Contenido
General Introduction | vii |
Note on the Translation | xxv |
A The First Period of Iconoclasm 726787 | 1 |
B The Second Period of Iconoclasm 815843 | 25 |
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9th century Acta Agauroi Alexakis Alexander angels Anthousa Antony Arab ascetic Basil bishop Blachernai blessed brother Byzantine Byzantium Christ church Constantine Constantine VI Constantinople Council David death demon described divine doctrine Eglises Centres emperor empress Eustratios Euthymios exile faith father George Gheyn God's Greek hagiographical hands heresy holy honor iconoclast iconodule iconophile icons Ignatios images imperial Ioannikios Irene island Janin John Kazhdan Lemerle Leo's Lesbos lived Lord Mango Mantineon martyr mentioned Methodios Michael Michael I Rangabe Michael II miracles monastery monastic monks Moses mother Mytilene Nicaea Niceph Nicephorus Olympos orthodox palace passage patriarch Nikephoros persecution Peter Phountoules pious prayer Reading reference reign Sabas chap saint Ševčenko shepherd soul Spirit Staurakios Stephen Stoudite stylites Symeon synaxarial synaxarion Tarasios Theodora Theodore of Stoudios Theodosia Theoktistos Theophanes Theophilos throne tion translation Treadgold venerable vita words καὶ τοῦ τῶν