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Two foreign saints in Palestine : Responses to religious conflict in the fifth to seventh centuries
Allen, Pauline Simic, Kosta
Allen, Pauline
Simic, Kosta
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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.
Keywords
Humanities, Religion, Palestine
Date
2019
Type
Book chapter
Journal
Book
Memories of Utopia: The Revision of Histories and Landscapes in Late Antiquity
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Page Range
145-155
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ACU Department
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
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Open Access Status
Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
File Access
Open
Notes
"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.
© 2020 selection and editorial matter, Bronwen Neil and Kosta Simic; this chapter, the contributors Pauline Allen and Kosta Simic.