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The Life of Leontios, Patriarch of Jerusalem
Text, Translation and Commentary
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Tsougarakis
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English
Published/Copyright:
1993
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This book is a biography of St. Leontios, who lived in the 12th century, written by one of his disciples in the early years of the 13th century. Leontios was Abbot of the celebrated Monastery of St. John the Theologian in the Aegean island of Patmos and later became Greek-Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem.
This study provides a critical edition of the text of The Life of Leontios, an English translation and an extensive commentary on various subjects such as history, language, theology, monasticism and prosopography.
The Life of Leontios is an important and interesting hagiographical work, not only because of the historical information it provides, but also because it is one of the few existing Byzantine historiographies of this period.
This study provides a critical edition of the text of The Life of Leontios, an English translation and an extensive commentary on various subjects such as history, language, theology, monasticism and prosopography.
The Life of Leontios is an important and interesting hagiographical work, not only because of the historical information it provides, but also because it is one of the few existing Byzantine historiographies of this period.
Author / Editor information
Dimitris Tsougarakis, D.Phil. (1985) in Byzantine History, University of Oxford, is a Research Fellow at the Centre of Medieval and Modern Greek Studies of the Academy of Athens and teaches Byzantine History at the Ionian University (Corfu). He has published mainly on the Medieval history of Crete, including his Byzantine Crete (Athens 1988).
Reviews
'...le travail de D.Tsougarakis est utile.'
Bernard Flusin, Revue des Études Byzantines, 1994.
'Der Hg., Byzantinist an der Universität...legt hier eine gut eingeleitete und präzise kommentierte zweisprachige Ausgabe der Vita des heiligen Leontinos...vor...So ist die vorliegende, sorgfältig gemachte Ausgabe sehr zu begrüßen.'
M.S., Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters, 1994.
'Cette publication fait honneur à la collection qui l'acueille.'
E. L., Irénikon, 1995.
Bernard Flusin, Revue des Études Byzantines, 1994.
'Der Hg., Byzantinist an der Universität...legt hier eine gut eingeleitete und präzise kommentierte zweisprachige Ausgabe der Vita des heiligen Leontinos...vor...So ist die vorliegende, sorgfältig gemachte Ausgabe sehr zu begrüßen.'
M.S., Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters, 1994.
'Cette publication fait honneur à la collection qui l'acueille.'
E. L., Irénikon, 1995.
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September 20, 2021
eBook ISBN:
9789004477575
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Main content:
252
eBook ISBN:
9789004477575
Audience(s) for this book
Byzantinists (both Byzantine historians and those interested in Byzantine literature), historians of the Latin East, Church historians, Medievalists, theologians.
