
Theodore of Sykeon
The Life by George and Encomium by Nicephorus the Treasurer
Liverpool University Press
Published on 6. December 2024
Book
Hardback
376 pages
978-1-80207-441-3 (ISBN)
Description
Theodore of Sykeon is one of the archetypal holy men of the late Roman world, a person whose intense ascetic regime earned him fame in the villages and cities of his Galatian homeland, where he was called upon to work a variety of miracles - cures for various ailments, prevention of natural disasters, and the exorcism of unclean spirits both from individuals and groups. His reputation for holiness led to appointment as bishop of Anastasiopolis, a responsibility he did not enjoy since its administrative commitments compromised his ascetic regime and conflicted with his sense of social justice. The location of his village on the main highway across Anatolia ensured that his fame was soon translated into contacts with travelling dignitaries, and this brought him to the attention of successive emperors and patriarchs of Constantinople. He made three trips to the Holy Land and visited the capital three times, where he met the emperors Maurice, Phocas, and Heraclius as well as the patriarchs Cyriacus, Thomas, and Sergius. Theodore's disciple George, a future leader of the Sykeon monasteries, began composing this Life shortly after Theodore's death in 613. Soon thereafter, his body was removed to Constantinople as a talisman, an event celebrated by Nicholas the Treasurer.
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English
Place of publication
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
5 Illustrations, black and white
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Height: 210 mm
Width: 147 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80207-441-3 (9781802074413)
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Michael Whitby is Emeritus Professor at the University of Birmingham. His many publications include The Cambridge Ancient History XIV, Late Antiquity, Empire and Successors A.D. 425-600 (Cambridge University Press 2000) co-edited with Averil Cameron and Bryan Ward-Perkins; Theodore Syncellus: The Homilies 'On the Robe and 'On the Siege' (TTH 86, Liverpool Unuversity Press 2024); and (with Richard Price), Theodore of Sykeon: The Life by George and the Encomium by Nicephorus the Treasurer (TTH 87, Liverpool University Press 2024) and with Jeff Childers and Claudia Rapp, Mark the Deacon: The Life of Porphyry of Gaza (Translated Texts for Historians 89, LUP 2025). Richard Price is Professor Emeritus of the History of Christianity, Heythrop College and Honorary Research Fellow, Royal Holloway, University of London. His many previous publications include The Acts of the Lateran Synod of 649 (with P. Booth & C. Cubitt, Liverpool 2014), The Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea (Liverpool 2018), The Council of Ephesus of 431 (with T. Graumann, Liverpool 2020), Canons of the Quinisext Council (691/2) (Liverpool 2020) and The Acts of the Council of Constantinople of 869-70 (with Federico Montinaro, Liverpool 2022).
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Introduction
The Life by George
Appendices to Life 1. Germia: Christ's Robe, the Myriangeli, and Justinian's Pilgrimage 2. The Church to the Archangel Michael at Sykeon 3. Changes from Festugiere's text. 4. Glossary 5. Biblical Citations and References
Introduction to Encomium
The Encomium by Nicephorus
Bibliography
Indices
Abbreviations
Introduction
The Life by George
Appendices to Life 1. Germia: Christ's Robe, the Myriangeli, and Justinian's Pilgrimage 2. The Church to the Archangel Michael at Sykeon 3. Changes from Festugiere's text. 4. Glossary 5. Biblical Citations and References
Introduction to Encomium
The Encomium by Nicephorus
Bibliography
Indices