Greek Palestinian Networks in Rome: Monks, Texts, and Customs on the Move after the Arab Conquest (7th–9th Cent.)
Greek Palestinian Networks in Rome: Monks, Texts, and Customs on the Move after the Arab Conquest (7th–9th Cent.)
Author(s): Daniel OlteanSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, History of Church(es), Middle Ages, Theology and Religion, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Herlo Verlag UG
Keywords: monastic migration; Eastern influences in the West; Monothelite and Iconoclast controversies; acheiropoieta; Luke the Evangelist; liturgy of James; removal of the monastic cowl;
Summary/Abstract: The paper investigates the role of Palestinian monastic migration in shaping the religious identity in Rome between the seventh and ninth centuries. It discusses persons, writings, and customs of Palestinian origin travelling to the West and significantly influencing the religious life of the city. The paper argues that this movement created a mixed Latin-Greek religious identity, including anti-Monothelite and anti-Iconoclast arguments promoted by Palestinian monks, patristic and hagiographic texts from the East, and liturgical practices first used in Palestine.
Journal: Études byzantines et post-byzantines
- Issue Year: 5/2023
- Issue No: XII
- Page Range: 61-82
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English
