Byzantine Defenders of Images Eight Saints' Lives in English Translation |
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| Author:
| Talbot, Alice-Mary |
| Series title: | Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Saints Lives Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-88402-259-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2006 |
| Publisher: | Dumbarton Oaks
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.