TY  - BOOK
AU  - Callan,Maeve Brigid
TI  - Sacred sisters: gender, sanctity, and power in medieval Ireland 
T2  - Hadiography beyond tradition
SN  - 9789048542994
AV  - BX4678 .S237 2020
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Amsterdam
PB  - Amsterdam University Press B. V.
KW  - Saints
KW  - Ireland
KW  - Women saints
KW  - Women in Christianity
KW  - Church history
KW  - Middle Ages, 600-1500
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - *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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