The paper discusses the character of the translations of saints’ relics in the late medieval central Balkans, as they increasingly gained prominence as an encouragement to the veneration of saints. The fact that translations grew much more frequent provides the opportunity to analyse the motivations behind this practice, the ways in which relics were acquired, the types of translation processions and their symbolic significance. The relic translations in the central Balkans in the period under study fitted the Christian translation pattern in every respect and stood halfway between history and cult and, frequently, between politics and cult.
Keywords:
translations of saints’ relics / Late Middle Ages / central Balkans / St Petka / Empress Theophano / Constantine the Great / St Luke the Evangelist / John of Rila / King Stefan Uroš II Milutin
TY - JOUR
AU - Vasiljević, Marija
PY - 2020
UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/10578
AB - The paper discusses the character of the translations of saints’ relics in the late medieval central Balkans, as they increasingly gained prominence as an encouragement to the veneration of saints. The fact that translations grew much more frequent provides the opportunity to analyse the motivations behind this practice, the ways in which relics were acquired, the types of translation processions and their symbolic significance. The relic translations in the central Balkans in the period under study fitted the Christian translation pattern in every respect and stood halfway between history and cult and, frequently, between politics and cult.
PB - Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies SASA
T2 - Balcanica
T1 - Translations of Saints’ Relics in the Late Medieval Central Balkans
SP - 23
EP - 43
VL - 51
DO - 10.2298/BALC2051023V
ER -
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author = "Vasiljević, Marija",
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abstract = "The paper discusses the character of the translations of saints’ relics in the late medieval central Balkans, as they increasingly gained prominence as an encouragement to the veneration of saints. The fact that translations grew much more frequent provides the opportunity to analyse the motivations behind this practice, the ways in which relics were acquired, the types of translation processions and their symbolic significance. The relic translations in the central Balkans in the period under study fitted the Christian translation pattern in every respect and stood halfway between history and cult and, frequently, between politics and cult.",
publisher = "Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies SASA",
journal = "Balcanica",
title = "Translations of Saints’ Relics in the Late Medieval Central Balkans",
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Vasiljević M. Translations of Saints’ Relics in the Late Medieval Central Balkans. Balcanica. 2020;51:23-43
Vasiljević, M. (2020). Translations of Saints’ Relics in the Late Medieval Central Balkans.
BalcanicaBelgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies SASA., 51, 23-43.
https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC2051023V
Vasiljević Marija, "Translations of Saints’ Relics in the Late Medieval Central Balkans" 51 (2020):23-43,
https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC2051023V .
