Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 13727
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Stelladoro , Maria.
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  • Title: Agiografia e Agiologia nel "Bios" di S. Marina di Scanio ("BHG" 1170) [Daniel's life of Marina of Scanio represents the last stage of Sicilian Greek; young Maria insisted on undertaking a religious life as Marina; later she went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem dressed as a man, Marino; this cross dressing is one of the common Greek literary and hagiographic motifs found in Daniel's life of Marina; after returning home from pilgrimage Marina died at a young age].
  • Source: Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik 48, ( 1998): Pages 57 - 66.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Cross Dressing Daniel, Monk and Author- Bios di Santa Marina Greek Literature Hagiography Marina of Scanio, Saint Sicily Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 14
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  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: Italian
  • ISSN/ISBN: 03788660