Rediscovering Sainthood in Italy: Hagiography and the Late Antique Past in Medieval Ravenna

AcknowledgmentsiiiList of AbbreviationsvList of IllustrationsviiIntroduction1Chapter 1: Barbatianus in Late Antiquity161.1:  Locating Barbatianus in the Fifth Century161.2: 'Foreign' Saints in the Late Roman Capital201.3: Saints in the Sphere of Galla Placidia221.4: The Other Barbatiani in Late Antiquity33Chapter 2: The Contexts of Medieval Ravenna372.1: The Legend of Barbatianus from the Sixth to the Ninth Century372.2: Politics of Tenth-Century Ravenna: Archbishops422.3: Politics of Tenth-Century Ravenna: Emperors512.4: Politics of Tenth-Century Ravenna: Nobles542.5: The Monastic Communities and Monastic Reform in Tenth-Century Ravenna552.6: The Monasterium of Barbatianus62Chapter 3: The Hagiographic Landscape of Medieval Ravenna673.1: Approaching Ravenna's Hagiographic Landscape673.2: Apollinaris and the Ravennate Saints before the Tenth Century713.3: Hagiographic Production of the Tenth Century803.4: The Long Perspective of the Vita et Inventio Sancti Probi853.5: New Monastic Hagiography in Eleventh-Century Ravenna94Chapter 4: The History of the Vita Barbatiani974.1: History of the Vita Barbatiani974.2: Dating the Vita of Barbatianus101Chapter 5: Content and Composition of the Vita Barbatiani1125.1: Content of the Vita Barbatiani1125.2: The Composition of the Vita1215.3: The Miracles of Barbatianus132Chapter 6: Barbatianus in the Later Middle Ages1466.1: Barbatianus in the Eleventh Century and the Sermon of Peter Damian1476.2: The Legend of Barbatianus in the Twelfth Century and Beyond1516.3: Noble and Monastic Diffusion of the Vita Barbatiani157Chapter 7: Conclusions1627.1: Creating Local Saints1697.2: Barbatianus as Survivor<174Appendix 1: Translation of the Vita Barbatiani178Appendix 2: Translation of Peter Damian's On the Feast of St. Barbatianus191Appendix 3: Manuscripts of the Vita sancti Barbatiani203Bibliography209