by Juan Mosco, Leoncio de Neápolis, José Simón Palmer · Siruela · tapa dura · ISBN 9788478444786
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«Historias bizantinas de locura y santidad» is a hagiographic anthology by John Moschus and Leontius of Neapolis, published by Siruela in hardcover (320 pages).
Two seventh-century hagiographic texts: «El Prado», by John Moschus, gathers anecdotes about desert monks; «Vida de Simeón el Loco», by Leontius of Neapolis, shows an ascetic who feigns madness in the streets of Emesa as a sign of holiness. A testimony to the religiosity of the Christian East before the Arab invasion.
José Simón Palmer writes the introduction, the translation from Greek and the notes; it is volume 4 of the Biblioteca Medieval collection.
For readers of medieval history, Christian spirituality and hagiographic literature.
