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Íte: patron of her people?

Author(s) -

E. H. Johnston

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

peritia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101

H-Index - 8

eISSN - 2034-6506

pISSN - 0332-1592

DOI - 10.1484/j.peri.3.409

Subject(s) - cult , patron saint , saint , situated , irish , empire , roman empire , classics , history , ancient history , art , art history , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , artificial intelligence

St Íte, who flourished in the sixth century, founded the medieval Irish monastery of Killeedy, situated in Co Limerick. She was celebrated as a nurturer and protector of her people. This paper traces these representations and relate them to complex developments in the saint's cult and to the gendered language used to describe her. This language had its origins in early medieval Ireland as well as in the controversies of christian communities in the later Roman empire

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