The socio-institutional dynamics of the ascetic-monastic presence in sixth-century Rome
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https://doi.org/10.6092/1593-2214/5630Keywords:
Monasticism, Senate, PapacyAbstract
The article investigates the monastic phenomenon in Rome from the pontificate of Pope Gelasius (492-496) to that of Gregory the Great (590-604), with particular attention to the social dynamics within the city (especially the adhesion to the monastic ideal among the urban elite and the relationship between the protagonists of the ascetic-monastic experiences and the city’s clergy). It will especially emphasize the problem of liturgical and pastoral functions exercised by the monks. Specific cases will be taken into account: the activity of Fulgenzio of Ruspe, and Dionysius Exiguus, but also the testimony of the first three versions of the Roman Liber Pontificalis, compiled by clergymen of the city from the early decades of the sixth century.
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