The 25 September Commemoration of Martyr Romanus in Slavic Menologies
The 25 September Commemoration of Martyr Romanus in Slavic Menologies
Author(s): Cynthia M. VakareliyskaSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Middle Ages, Theology and Religion, Translation Studies
Published by: Институт за литература - БАН
Keywords: menologies; menologia; synaxaria; medieval Slavic manuscripts; St. Romanus; Martyrologium Hieronymianum
Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is a menology commemoration on 25 September for a St. Romanus who is identified only as a martyr. The commemoration appears in the earliest extant Slavic menologies, and in a number of later South and East Slavic menologies up through the 14th century. The article traces the commemoration back to its earliest extant Slavic witnesses, looking at earlier Greek witnesses and Latin and Syriac sources, and examines the implications of its careful preservation for our understanding of the compilation and preservation of calendars of saints, not only in the Slavic tradition, but in the Greek, Latin, and Syriac traditions also.
Journal: Старобългарска литература
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 67-68
- Page Range: 81-106
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Old Slavonic
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