Saint TheokletoA Female Iconoclast Saint
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Universidad de Salamanca
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ISSN: 0003-2468
Año de publicación: 2016
Volumen: 134
Número: 2
Páginas: 293-302
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Analecta Bollandiana: Revue critique d'hagiographie
Resumen
The Synaxarion of Constantinople commemorates St Theokleto the Wonder Worker on August 21. In spite of our lack of information about her, a comparative analysis with the other simultaneous cults in honour of pious women leads us to a significant conclusion: Theokleto was the only woman whose sanctification followed the type of the iconoclast saints known to us