Saints' lives and typika : the Constantinopolitan monastery of Panagiou in the eleventh century
This thesis explores approaches to Byzantine monasticism and to the literary production of Byzantine monks, taking as its point of departure one community, the Constantinopolitan monastery of Panagiou, and the texts that can be attributed to its members. In Chapter One I show that Panagiou was an offshot of Lavra on Mt Athos, having been founded by Anthony, former disciple and designated successor of the Lavriot abbot Athanasius. In Chapter Two I identify the texts that can be related to the monastery in the early eleventh century: the Typikon of Panagiou which provided the model for the Petritzonitissa Typikon and two biographies of Athanasius the Athonite. I demonstrate that the two extant Lives, Vita A by Athanasius ~the Younger~ and the Lavriot Vita B, go back to a lost common model which I call Vita prima. Through a comparison of passages which are found both in the Petritzonitissa Typikon and in Vita A and Vita B I show that there exists a complex interplay between the hagiographical texts and the Panagiou Typikon. In Chapter Three I identify Anthony as author of the Panagiou Typikon and the Vita prima. I then show how he used the Vita prima to make his claim to be the rightful successor of Athanasius
Krausmuller, Dirk
Byzantine monasticism; Typikon
Saints' lives and typika : the Constantinopolitan monastery of Panagiou in the eleventh century. This thesis explores approaches to Byzantine monasticism and to the literary production of Byzantine monks, taking as its point of departure one community, the Constantinopolitan monastery of Panagiou, and the texts that can be attributed to its members. In Chapter One I show that Panagiou was an offshot of Lavra on Mt Athos, having been founded by Anthony, former disciple and designated successor of the Lavriot abbot Athanasius. In Chapter Two I identify the texts that can be related to the monastery in the early eleventh century: the Typikon of Panagiou which provided the model for the Petritzonitissa Typikon and two biographies of Athanasius the Athonite. I demonstrate that the two extant Lives, Vita A by Athanasius ~the Younger~ and the Lavriot Vita B, go back to a lost common model which I call Vita prima. Through a comparison of passages which are found both in the Petritzonitissa Typikon and in Vita A and Vita B I show that there exists a complex interplay between the hagiographical texts and the Panagiou Typikon. In Chapter Three I identify Anthony as author of the Panagiou Typikon and the Vita prima. I then show how he used the Vita prima to make his claim to be the rightful successor of Athanasius
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