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"This volume presents selected Lives of holy men who lived on Mount Athos, the most famous Byzantine center of monasticism; it was often termed simply Hagion Oros, or the Holy Mountain. These vitae provide insights both into the history of monastic development on Athos between the ninth and fifteenth centuries, and the varieties of monastic life practiced communally in large monasteries as well as individually in huts and caves. We have chosen six vitae of five different saints, who were celebrated for their ascetic practices, gift of foresight and clairvoyance, and, in most cases, the ability to perform miracles. Euthymios and Athanasios were also famed as founders of monasteries. We offer two versions of the Life of Maximos the Hutburner, to demonstrate how hagiographic accounts of the same saint could vary, even when composed very close in time. It should be noted that, with the exception of Athanasios of Athos, the cult of these saints was essentially limited to the Holy Mountain, as can be seen by the manuscript tradition; all the surviving manuscripts of these Lives were copied on Athos."--Provided by publisher.

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"Il volume presenta per la prima volta al pubblico italiano la Vita A di Atanasio l'Athonita, fondatore del primo monastero cenobitico sul Monte Athos (963), scritta a Costantinopoli agli inizi del XI secolo dal monaco Atanasio di Panaghiou: con essa viene pubblicato anche il testo greco originale con un saggio introduttivo e un ampio apparato di note di commento. Si tratta di un testo pregevole dal punto di vista letterario e di eccezionale importanza come testo agiografico e di spiritualità monastica. L'ampio saggio introduttivo ripercorre la nascita e lo sviluppo dell'Athos come "Santa Montagna" monastica; traccia lo status quaestionis sui rapporti tra le due vite antiche di Atanasio (Vita A e Vita B) e offre uno sguardo d'insieme sul contenuto narrativo del racconto biografico."--

Christian saints --- Orthodox Eastern monasteries --- Orthodox Eastern monasticism and religious orders --- History --- Athanasius, --- Christian saints. --- Orthodox Eastern monasteries. --- Orthodox Eastern monasticism and religious orders. --- Byzantine Empire. --- Greece --- Christian saints - Byzantine Empire - Biography - Early works to 1800 --- Orthodox Eastern monasteries - Greece - Athos - History - Early works to 1800 --- Orthodox Eastern monasticism and religious orders - Greece - Athos - History - Early works to 1800 --- Athanasius Athonita --- Athanasius, - Athonites, Saint, - approximately 930-approximately 1010