The Life of Saint Peter of Atroa

Peter of Atroa (773-837 CE) was cofounder and abbot of the influential monastery of Saint Zachariah. He resisted Iconoclast policies and gained a reputation as a miracle worker. The Life of Saint Peter of Atroa, by his disciple Sabas, presents an entirely new edition of the Greek text and making the Life accessible in English for the first time

About the author

Ioannis Polemis is Professor of Byzantine Philology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.Athanasios Markopoulos is Emeritus Professor of Byzantine Literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.Richard P. H. Greenfield is Professor of Byzantine History at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario.

Summary

Peter of Atroa (773–837 CE) was cofounder and abbot of the influential monastery of Saint Zachariah. He resisted Iconoclast policies and gained a reputation as a miracle worker. The Life of Saint Peter of Atroa, by his disciple Sabas, presents an entirely new edition of the Greek text and making the Life accessible in English for the first time

Product details

• Authors: Sabas, S. Sabas
• Assisted by: Markopoulos Athanasios (Editor and translation), Polemis Ioannis (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2024
• EAN: 9780674295643
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29564-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Assisted by: Richard P. H. Greenfield
• Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Monasticism, Christianity, Biography: religious & spiritual, Christian leaders & leadership, Religious and spiritual figures, Biography: religious and spiritual, RELIGION / Christian Living / Leadership & Mentoring, Religious communities and monasticism, Christian communities & monasticism, Iconoclasm; Theodore of Stoudios; Leo V; Theophilos