St. Martin and his Hagiographer
History and Miracle in Sulpicius Severus
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198218951
Number of Pages: 418
Published: 17/11/1983
Width: 14.8 cm
Height: 22 cm
The Life of St Martin by Sulpicius Severus was one of the formative works of Latin hagiography. Yet although written by a contemporary who knew Martin, it attracted immediate criticism. Why? This study seeks an explanation by placing Sulpicius works both in their intellectual context, and in the context of a church that was then undergoing radical transformation. It is thus both a study of Sulpicius, Martin, and their world, and at the same time an essay in
the interpretation of hagiography.