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