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How the Holy Cross was Found: From Event to Medieval Legend

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Summary, in English

Studies the origin of the Inventio Crucis legend: the historical events behind it as well as its textual sources and antecedents. A literary interpretation of the text is then attempted, showing that the legend is influenced by Jewish traditions and adversus Iudaeos treatises. Finally, the liturgical texts used to celebrate Inventio Crucis in the Middle Ages are surveyed. Three versions of the Latin Inventio Crucis legend are edited in an appendix, two of them for the first time.

Publishing year

1991

Language

English

Document type

Dissertation

Publisher

Almqvist & Wiksell International

Topic

  • Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Keywords

  • hagiography
  • Constantine
  • Helena Augusta
  • liturgy
  • adversus Iudaeos
  • Eusebius of Caesarea
  • Gelasius of Caesarea
  • Inventio Crucis
  • Cross of Christ

Status

Published

Supervisor

  • Alf Härdelin

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 91-22-01432-2

Defence date

21 May 1991

Defence time

10:15

Defence place

Dekansalen, Nathan Söderbloms plan 2, Uppsala

Opponent

  • Hugo Montgomery