A Few Remarks on the Description of the Baptism of the Emperor Constantine in the Chronicle of George the Monk, Actus Silvestri, and the Byzantine Hagiographical Tradition1

This article focuses on the 9th century accounts of Constantine I’s baptism. Sources from this period strongly reject Eusebius of Caesarea’s account of Constantine’s baptism on his deathbed and promote the tradition of the emperor’s baptism at the hands of Pope Sylvester in Rome in the early years...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rafał Kosiński
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2024-12-01
Series:Classica Cracoviensia
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.journals.akademicka.pl/cc/article/view/6175
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!