Toledo, "locus terribilis". Church and Miracles in the "De viris illustribus" of Ildefonsus of Toledo
Abstract
In the mid-seventh century, Bishop Ildefonsus of Toledo (657-667) wrote his own catalogue of illustrious men, continuing the Christian tradition initiated by Jerome in the fourth century. However, far from imitating the models of his Christian predecessors (Jerome, Gennadius of Marseilles, and Isidore of Seville), the work of the Toledan bishop De viris illustribus incorporated significant changes in the genre. This article studies the topic of miracles in the Toledan catalogue in order to analyse the midseventh century Visigothic church’s stance on miraculous phenomena and to examine the strategies it developed in consequence.Downloads
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