Thesis (M.A.)--B.Y.U. Dept. of Graduate Studies in Religious Instruction. / Electronic thesis. Also available in print ed.

Thesis (M.A.)--Dept. of History. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2004. / "A thesis in history." Typescript. Advisor: Gary L. Ebersole. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed Feb. 24, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 161-170). Online version of the print edition.

Thesis (Th. M.)--Grace Theological Seminary, 1982. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-95).

The <i>Life</i> of S. Pancratius of Taormina describes the mission and martyrdom of S. Pancratius, a disciple of the Apostle Peter sent to evangelize Taormina as its first bishop, and purports to have been written by S. Pancratius’ successor, Evagrius. It also records details concerning S. Marcian, who was dispatched to Syracuse at the same time. The text exists in three recensions. The <i>editio</i> <i>princeps</i> of the first recension is presented here, based on six manuscripts (Vat. Gr. 1591, Mess. S. Salv. 53, Crypt. BβV, Vat. Gr. 1985, Vind. Hist. Gr. 3 and Vat. Ottobon. Gr. 92), together with an introduction and commentary. External and internal evidence has been used to argue that it should be dated to the early eighth century and that it is of Sicilian provenance. The analysis of the sources of the text and its presentation of the apostolic era contributes to our understanding of the Byzantine attitude to the past and of the novelistic approach to hagiography. The <i>Life</i> is a product of an important, but obscure period of Sicilian history, and it provides some evidence from a local perspective concerning matters such as ecclesiastical arrangements and attitudes in Sicily, views about religious images, practices in church decoration, liturgical rites, book production, the development of legends concerning the apostles, especially S. Peter, civil and military administration, the Sicilian language question, the topography of Sicily and Calabria and contacts with Lombardy, as well as curious references to Slavs and Avars in Sicily. The Commentary is concerned with these questions and in general with the exegesis of the text. A summary of the use made of the <i>Life</i> of S. Pancratius by later writers contributes to our understanding of the iconoclastic controversy. An edition of the <i>Encomium</i> of S. Pancratius by Gregory the Pagurite, probably written in the early ninth century, has been included in an Appendix.

Cette étude s’efforce de comprendre de quelles manières la figure biblique d’Étienne (Actes 6-8) s’est transmise et a été reçue dans le christianisme des six premiers siècles de notre ère. Du texte des Actes des apôtres à la translation de ses reliques à Rome en 589, notre enquête tente de saisir les mécanismes conduisant à la construction d’Étienne comme un saint dont le culte fut central dans l’histoire du christianisme. Nous nous attachons en particulier à l’étude des diverses formes que son culte a revêtues après la découverte de ses reliques, en Palestine au ve siècle, et de sa rapide diffusion en Méditerranée orientale et occidentale. À cette fin, nous examinerons l’ensemble des pièces du dossier hagiographique d’Étienne à la lumière des recherches les plus récentes sur le culte des saints, l’hagiographie et l’histoire de la Palestine dans l’Antiquité tardive. Au terme de cette étude, nous espérons surtout exposer les motivations idéologiques de l’usage des reliques du saint dans un contexte où s’entrecroisent controverses doctrinales, topographie sacrée, antijudaïsme et construction de la mémoire chrétienne. / This study aims at understanding in what ways the biblical figure of Stephen (Acts 6-8) was transmitted and received in Christianity during the first six centuries of our era. From the text of the Acts of the apostles to the translation of his relics to Rome in 589, our investigation attempts to grasp the mechanisms that led to the construction of Stephen as a saint whose cult was central in the history of Christianity. In particular we shall concentrate on the various forms of his cult that appeared after the discovery of his relics, in Palestine in the vth century, and on its rapid spreading in the eastern and western parts of the Mediterranean. With this aim in view, we shall examine all the documents of the hagiographical dossier of Stephen in the light of the most advanced research on the cult of saints, hagiography and the history of Palestine in Late Antiquity. At the end of this study, we hope, above all, to expound the ideological motives of the use of the saint’s relics in a context in which doctrinal controversies, sacred topography, antijudaism and construction of the Christian memory intersect.

Verzeichnet sind Artikel zu als heilig verehrten Mitgliedern aller cisterciensischen Gemeinschaften (Cistercienserinnen und Cistercienser, Trappistinnen und Trappisten, Feuillantinnen und Feuillanten) von den Anfängen bis heute, beginnend mit „T“. / Listed are articles on members of all Cistercian communities (Cistercians, Trappists and Feuillants) revered as saints from the beginnings to the present day, starting with „T”.

Verzeichnet sind Artikel zu als heilig verehrten Mitgliedern aller cisterciensischen Gemeinschaften (Cistercienserinnen und Cistercienser, Trappistinnen und Trappisten, Feuillantinnen und Feuillanten) von den Anfängen bis heute, beginnend mit „U“. / Listed are articles on members of all Cistercian communities (Cistercians, Trappists and Feuillants) revered as saints from the beginnings to the present day, starting with „U”.

Verzeichnet sind Artikel zu als heilig verehrten Mitgliedern aller cisterciensischen Gemeinschaften (Cistercienserinnen und Cistercienser, Trappistinnen und Trappisten, Feuillantinnen und Feuillanten) von den Anfängen bis heute, beginnend mit „V“. / Listed are articles on members of all Cistercian communities (Cistercians, Trappists and Feuillants) revered as saints from the beginnings to the present day, starting with „V”.

Verzeichnet sind Artikel zu als heilig verehrten Mitgliedern aller cisterciensischen Gemeinschaften (Cistercienserinnen und Cistercienser, Trappistinnen und Trappisten, Feuillantinnen und Feuillanten) von den Anfängen bis heute, beginnend mit „W“. / Listed are articles on members of all Cistercian communities (Cistercians, Trappists and Feuillants) revered as saints from the beginnings to the present day, starting with „W”.

Verzeichnet sind Artikel zu als heilig verehrten Mitgliedern aller cisterciensischen Gemeinschaften (Cistercienserinnen und Cistercienser, Trappistinnen und Trappisten, Feuillantinnen und Feuillanten) von den Anfängen bis heute, beginnend mit „M“. / Listed are articles on members of all Cistercian communities (Cistercians, Trappists and Feuillants) revered as saints from the beginnings to the present day, starting with „M”.