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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sabas, S. Sabas
• Con la collaborazione di: Markopoulos Athanasios (Editore e traduzione), Polemis Ioannis (Editore e traduzione)
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.2024
• EAN: 9780674295643
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29564-3
• Pagine: 336
• Dimensioni: 145 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Con la collaborazione di: Richard P. H. Greenfield
• Serie: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; 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