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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/252681770 Title: Holy fools in Byzantium and beyond Author: S A Ivanov Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN/ISSN: 9780191515149 0191515140 9780199272518 0199272514 1280905697 9781280905698 9780191709746 0191709743 OCLC:252681770

  
  

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Holy fools in Byzantium and beyond

Author:	S A Ivanov
Publisher:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:	Oxford studies in Byzantium.
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	The image of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square is a familiar Russian landmark. Yet few people know what made Basil so famous. He was a saint who wandered about naked, bullied passers-by, brawled in the market-place, and once even smashed a revered icon. Saints such as Basil overturn the conventional concept of sainthood - what, we may ask, is saintly about them? This book aims to solve the mystery by exploring the figure of the holy fool in Byzantium and in later Russian. history. - ;There are saints in Orthodox Christian culture who overturn the conventional concept of sainthood. The.  Read more...
Subjects	Holy fools -- Byzantine Empire. Asceticism -- Orthodox Eastern Church. Fols en Christ -- Empire byzantin. View all subjects
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