The Warrior Saints in Byzantine Art and Tradition

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Contents: Foreword, George Huxley Introduction History and Antecedents: The Christian and Antique Background: The Old Testament The New Testament Pagan antiquity The early Patristic period The contribution of popular piety to the conception of the warrior saint The Byzantine Warrior Saints: The Major Warrior Saints: The Etat Major: St Theodore Tiron and St Theodore Stratelates St Demetrius St Procopius St Mercurius St George Other Major Warrior Saints: Sts Sergius and Bacchus St Eustathius St Kyrion and the XL Martyr of Sebasteia St Hieron and the Martyrs of Melitene St Menas of Egypt St Artemius St Arethas St Martin of Tours St Phanourios The Minor Warrior Saints: St Christopher St Cornelius the Centurion The Holy Five of Sebasteia with Saints Orestes and Eustratius Saint Joannicius Saints Juventinus and Maximinus Saint Longinus Saints Nestor and Lupus Saint Nicetas (Nikita) Saint Philotheus of Antioch Saint Phoibammon Saints Polyeuctus and Nearchus Saint Sabbas Stratelates Saint Sissinius of Antioch Saint Speusippus and companions Saint Zosimus Appendix Towards a Characterisation of the Warrior Saint: The terrestrial career of Warrior Saints The beginnings of the cult of Warrior Saints The early iconography of Warrior Saints The emergence of an echelon of Warrior Saints The function of Warrior Saints in the lives of terrestrial men The aesthetics of Warrior Saints Epilogue Bibliography Index.

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