Saint TheokletoA Female Iconoclast Saint
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Universidad de Salamanca
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ISSN: 0003-2468
Any de publicació: 2016
Volum: 134
Número: 2
Pàgines: 293-302
Tipus: Article
Altres publicacions en: Analecta Bollandiana: Revue critique d'hagiographie
Resum
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