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The bishop and the monk: Desiderius of Vienne and the Columbanian movement.

This paper analyses the uses made by hagiographers and chroniclers of the character of Desiderius of Vienne. Desiderius, a bishop in Merovingian Burgundy, was the protagonist of two seventh-century Lives, and appears in numerous other hagiographical works and chronicles. Desiderius also figures prom...

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Published in:Early Medieval Europe Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 176 - 195
Main Author: FOX, YANIV
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell May2012
Subjects:
Bishops
Monasticism & religious orders
Hagiography
Christian communities
Clergy
Hagiographers
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