ST. MARINA BETWEEN VENICE AND THE BALKANS
ST. MARINA BETWEEN VENICE AND THE BALKANS
Author(s): Valeria FolSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Archaeology, Cultural history, Comparative history, History of ideas, Social history, Ancient World, Theology and Religion, Comparative Studies of Religion, Eastern Orthodoxy, Sociology of Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: “The Forgotten Saint”; St. Maria Formosa; St. Marina/Margaret; Venice;
Summary/Abstract: In this article I return to St. Marina, on whose folkloric image and faith I worked many years ago. My goal is to supplement my previous observations with new ones and to expand the territorial scope. Special attention is paid to the veneration of the saint’s sacred relics in the Mediterranean and the reactivation of her cult. I also consider the transformational models in the believers’ notions of the cave and nature, and the periodic renewal of those notions through archaization and return to archetypes personified in the cult of St. Marina.
Journal: Études balkaniques
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 7-28
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English
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