Two foreign saints in Palestine : Responses to religious conflict in the fifth to seventh centuries

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Allen, Pauline and Simic, Kosta. (2019). Two foreign saints in Palestine : Responses to religious conflict in the fifth to seventh centuries. In Memories of Utopia: The Revision of Histories and Landscapes in Late Antiquity pp. 145-155 Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429448508-9
AuthorsAllen, Pauline and Simic, Kosta
Abstract

This chapter deals with two saints foreign to Palestine, one of them a spiritual master and the other a martyr. Peter the Iberian’s biography was composed by John Rufus, who was intent on the utopia symbolised by the Council of Nicaea (325 CE). The biography of Anastasius the Persian was written by a fellow monk who accompanied him to his death in Persia in 628. Anastasius’s biography is an exposé of the dystopia presented by the Persian religion. The travels of both these saints in their responses to religious conflict are remarkable. Finally, Allen and Simic offer some observations on their cults.

KeywordsHumanities; Religion; Palestine
Page range145-155
Year01 Jan 2019
Book titleMemories of Utopia: The Revision of Histories and Landscapes in Late Antiquity
PublisherRoutledge
Place of publicationUnited Kingdom
Edition1
ISBN9780429448508
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429448508-9
Web address (URL)https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9780429448508-9/two-foreign-saints-palestine-pauline-allen-kosta-simic?context=ubx&refId=b2e8ba8f-5873-4c79-a0dc-573edafc2ab3
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Print10 Dec 2019
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"Memories of Utopia" Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery project.

© 2020 selection and editorial matter, Bronwen Neil and Kosta Simic; this chapter, the contributors Pauline Allen and Kosta Simic.

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