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Sacred sisters : gender, sanctity, and power in medieval Ireland / Maeve Brigid Callan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Hadiography beyond traditionPublication details: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press B. V., (c)2020.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789048542994
  • 9048542995
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BX4678 .S237 2020
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. "Founded upon the Rock Which Is Christ": What Patrick and His Promoters Reveal about Women in the Early Irish Church -- 2. "A New and Apostolic Band of Virgins Arose": Darerca, an Exceptionally Learned Abbess -- 3. "The Safest City of Refuge": Brigid the Bishop -- 4. "God Is Always Present with Those Who Exemplify Such Devotion": Íte, Foster-Mother of the Saints of Ireland -- 5. "Do Not Harass My Sisters": Samthann, an Abbess Not to Be Crossed -- 6. "I Place Myself under the Protection of the Virgins All Together": Sister Saints with Something Like a Life -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index
Subject: *Sacred Sisters* focuses on five saints: the four female Irish saints who have extant medieval biographies (Darerca, Brigid, Íte, and Samthann), and Patrick, whose writings --
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. "Founded upon the Rock Which Is Christ": What Patrick and His Promoters Reveal about Women in the Early Irish Church -- 2. "A New and Apostolic Band of Virgins Arose": Darerca, an Exceptionally Learned Abbess -- 3. "The Safest City of Refuge": Brigid the Bishop -- 4. "God Is Always Present with Those Who Exemplify Such Devotion": Íte, Foster-Mother of the Saints of Ireland -- 5. "Do Not Harass My Sisters": Samthann, an Abbess Not to Be Crossed -- 6. "I Place Myself under the Protection of the Virgins All Together": Sister Saints with Something Like a Life -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index

*Sacred Sisters* focuses on five saints: the four female Irish saints who have extant medieval biographies (Darerca, Brigid, Íte, and Samthann), and Patrick, whose writings --

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