Abstract
This article explores the wider ecclesiastical and socio-political context of Alexander the Monk's Encomium on St Barnabas and proposes a more precise dating for its composition, based on a re-interpretation of the primary sources and archaeological evidence. Being one of the most significant texts of Early Byzantine Cypriot hagiography, Alexander’s Encomium provides evidence about the cultivation of local traditions concerning St Barnabas and reveals the official Chalcedonianism of the Cypriot Church, despite the presence of non-Chalcedonians on the island and the adoption of non-Chalcedonian traditions by a number of Cypriot Chalcedonians.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Κυπριακή Αγιολογία |
| Subtitle of host publication | Πρακτικά Β΄ Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου «Από τον άγιο Επιφάνιο στον άγιο Νεόφυτο τον Έγκλειστο (4ος-12ος αι.», Παραλίμνι, 13-15 Φεβρουαρίου 2014 |
| Editors | Theodoros X. Yiangou, Christina Kakkoura, Protop. Christodoulos Christodoulou, Presb. Nikolaos Papantoniou |
| Place of Publication | Agia Napa, Paralimni |
| Publisher | Ιερά Μητρόπολις Κωνσταντίας - Αμμοχώστου, Πολιτιστική Ακαδημία "Ἀγιος Επιφάνιος" |
| Pages | 374-415 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-9963-9877-3-3 |
| Publication status | Published - 9 Dec 2021 |
Keywords
- Cypriot hagiography
- Byzantine hagiography
- Cyprus
- Byzantium
- Byzantine literature
- St Barnabas
- Encomium
- Salamis-Constantia
- Church of Cyprus
- Autocephaly
- Alexander the Monk
- Chalcedonian
- Non-Chalcedonian