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9780199272518
Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond
by Ivanov, Sergey A., Franklin, Simon
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- ISBN-13: 9780199272518
- ISBN: 0199272514
- Publication Date: 2006
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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There are saints in Orthodox Christian culture who overturn the conventional concept of sainthood and yet they are treated with reverence. Such saints are called 'holy fools'. Sergei Ivanov examines this phenomenon from the Egyptian monasteries of the 5th century to its high point in Byzantium and eventual decline.Ivanov, Sergey A. is the author of 'Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond', published 2006 under ISBN 9780199272518 and ISBN 0199272514.
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