The holy man and the practice of healing in the Eastern Mediterranean at the beginning of 4th – mid 5th cent. A. D.

Authors

  • Andrey A. Danilov National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52575/2687-0967-2021-48-1-25-35

Keywords:

Late antiquity, Holiness, healing, social practices

Abstract

The work is devoted to the study of the practice of healing saints in the Late antiquity. The work is based on the study of hagiographic sources and to some extent fills the gap in modern historiography associated with the study of the practice of miraculous healing in the Christian East during the Late antiquity. The late antique period, with its special attitude to the issues of disease and its social significance, practically escapes the field of view of modern historians. This work focuses not so much on the medical aspects of healing, but on the social aspects of the practice of saints, which gives the work a certain novelty and relevance. The author shows that saints perform important social functions and provide a mechanism for the existence of a whole group of people who are thrown out of society – the seriously ill, the crippled, and the dying. The Eastern Mediterranean is of great importance for the study of transitional historical processes in the period of Late Antiquity.

Author Biography

Andrey A. Danilov, National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

Master's student of the Department of Medieval Civilizations,
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

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2021-07-05

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Danilov, A. A. (2021). The holy man and the practice of healing in the Eastern Mediterranean at the beginning of 4th – mid 5th cent. A. D. Via in Tempore. History and Political Science, 48(1), 25-35. https://doi.org/10.52575/2687-0967-2021-48-1-25-35

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