The reception of late-antique popes in the medieval Byzantine tradition

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    Abstract

    Leo the Great (440–461) and Gregory the Great (590–604) earned their epithets in very different ways, Leo by his intervention at the Council of Chalcedon via one momentous letter known as the Tome to Flavian, followed by a decade of campaigning tirelessly against one-nature doctrine and against anti-Chalcedonian bishops. Gregory I earned his reputation in Byzantium by his widely disseminated work of spiritual direction, the Regula Pastoralis, and his prolific publication of works in various genres, especially the Dialogues, which were taken up by the Byzantine church in the Greek translation of Pope Zacharias. This study looks at the reception of these and other late-antique popes in the Byzantine tradition in the Middle Ages, and how they were used to promote particular agenda by eastern and western writers.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationStudia Patristica Vol. XCVII
    Subtitle of host publicationpapers presented at the Seventeenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2015 : Volume 23 : from the fourth century onwards (Latin writers); Nachleben
    EditorsMarkus Vinzent
    Place of PublicationLeuven ; Paris ; Bristol, CT
    PublisherPeeters Publishers
    Pages283-293
    Number of pages11
    ISBN (Print)9789042935938
    Publication statusPublished - 2017
    EventInternational Conference on Patristic Studies (17th : 2015) - University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
    Duration: 10 Aug 201514 Aug 2015

    Publication series

    NameStudia Patristica
    PublisherPeeters Publishers
    Volume97

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Conference on Patristic Studies (17th : 2015)
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    CityOxford
    Period10/08/1514/08/15

    Keywords

    • medieval religion
    • Papacy--Early works to 1800
    • Byzantine empire civilization

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