1. Heilige und geheiligte Dinge. Formen und Funktionen.
- Author
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Alraum, Claudia
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RELICS , *SAINTS , *PILGRIM badges , *PILGRIMS & pilgrimages , *RELICS in literature , *APOTHEOSIS , *MEDIEVAL historiography , *CONFERENCES & conventions , *HISTORY - Abstract
The article presents a report from an April 21-25, 2015 conference in Weingarten, Germany on the history of holy objects and saints hosted by the hagiography department of Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese academy and the Middle Ages and Early Modern sacrality and sacralization working group of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft research society. Topics of presentations delivered included the design and use of cast metal pilgrims' badges in the Middle Ages, descriptions of relics in the medieval manuscript "Flores epytaphii sanctorum" by Thiofried von Echternach, and the deification of swami Vidyatirtha of the Srngeri Hindu temple in India as the god Svayambu-Linga.
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- 2015