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The Slavic Letters of St. Jerome is the first book-length study of the medieval legend that Church Father and biblical translator St. Jerome was a Slav who invented the Slavic (Glagolitic) alphabet and Roman Slavonic rite. Julia Ver-kholantsev locates the roots of this belief among the Latin clergy in Dalmatia in the 13th century and describes in fascinating detail how Slavic leaders subsequently appropriated it to further their own political agendas. The Slavic language, written in Jerome’s alphabet and endorsed by his authority, gained the unique privilege in the Western Church of being the only language other than Latin, Greek, and Hebrew acceptable for use in the liturgy. Such privilege, confirmed repeatedly by the popes, resulted in the creation of narratives about the distinguished historical mission of the Slavs and became a possible means for bridging the divide between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches in the Slavic-speaking lands. In the 14th century the legend spread from Dalmatia to Bohemia and Poland, where Glagolitic monasteries were established to honor the Apostle of the Slavs Jerome and the rite and letters he created. The myth of Jerome’s apostolate among the Slavs gained many supporters among the learned and spread far and wide, reaching Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and England. Grounded in extensive archival research, Verkholantsev examines the sources and trajectory of the legend of Jerome’s Slavic fellowship within a wider context of European historical and theological thought. This unique volume will appeal to medievalists, Slavicists, scholars of religion, those interested in saints’ cults, and specialists of philology.

Christian saints, Slavic --- Glagolitic alphabet --- Liturgical language --- History --- Jerome, --- Cult --- Catholic Church --- Liturgy --- Bible --- Versions --- Europe, Eastern --- Church history --- 276 =71 HIERONYMUS, SOPHRONIUS EUSEBIUS --- 27 <497> --- Latijnse patrologie--HIERONYMUS, SOPHRONIUS EUSEBIUS --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Balkanstaten --- Christian saints, Slavic - Europe, Eastern --- Glagolitic alphabet - History --- Liturgical language - History --- Glagolitique --- Hieronymus presb. --- Cyrillus et Methodius --- Liturgie slave --- Jerome, - Saint, - -419 or 420 --- Jerome, - Saint, - -419 or 420 - Cult - Europe, Eastern --- Europe, Eastern - Church history --- Language, Liturgical --- Language and languages --- Liturgics --- Alphabet --- Slavic languages --- Christian Slavic saints --- Saints, Slavic --- Slavic Christian saints --- Slavic saints, Christian --- History. --- Religious aspects --- Gerolamo, --- Gérome, --- Gerónimo, --- Girolamo, --- Heronimos, --- Hieronim, --- Hieronymus, Eusebius, --- Hieronymus, --- Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius, --- Hieronymus, Stridonensis, --- Ieronim, Stridonskiĭ, --- Iheronimus, --- Jeronimi, --- Jerónimo, --- Jerōnimos, --- Church of Rome --- Roman Catholic Church --- Katholische Kirche --- Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva --- Römisch-Katholische Kirche --- Römische Kirche --- Ecclesia Catholica --- Eglise catholique --- Eglise catholique-romaine --- Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Chiesa cattolica --- Iglesia Católica --- Kościół Katolicki --- Katolicki Kościół --- Kościół Rzymskokatolicki --- Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai --- Katholikē Ekklēsia --- Gereja Katolik --- Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit --- Kanisa Katoliki --- כנסיה הקתולית --- כנסייה הקתולית --- 가톨릭교 --- 천주교 --- Liturgy. --- Versions. --- East Europe --- Eastern Europe --- Church history. --- Slavic language, Glagolotic monasteries, Jerome's apostalate. --- Glagolitique (écriture)