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The significance of the Sirmian and apostolic tradition in shaping Moravian episcopal organization
Author(s) -
Kalhous David
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
early medieval europe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1468-0254
pISSN - 0963-9462
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0254.2009.00277.x
Subject(s) - ninth , history , classics , ancient history , religious studies , philosophy , acoustics , physics
Based on an analysis of papal documents as well as the Vita Methodii , this work examines shifts in Methodius's status. The text analyses the significance of his titulature by a comparison with other eighth‐ and ninth‐century missionaries, and examines the way his new diocese was legitimized through legal and historical fictions dealing with the restoration of a long‐lost see and its apostolic origins. Finally, the article draws a comparison between the situation in Moravia and the importance of apostolic tradition in Rome, Constantinople, Metz, Compostela and Venice.