Where Sacred Meets Secular in Hagiography

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Peter Loewen, Robin Waugh

Organizer Affiliation

Rice Univ., Wilfrid Laurier Univ.

Presider Name

Peter Loewen, Robin Waugh

Paper Title 1

The Middle English Vita of Christina the Astonishing: Secular Hagiography, Patience Literature, and Biography

Presenter 1 Name

Murrielle Michaud

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Wilfrid Laurier Univ.

Paper Title 2

When Saint Meets Medicus: Spiritual and Earthly Healing in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Hagiography

Presenter 2 Name

Claire Trenery

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Royal Holloway, Univ. of London

Paper Title 3

Determining the Local Perspective: The Popularity and Persistence of the Roman Cults of Agnes, Constantina, Praxedes, and Pudentiana in Early Twelfth-Century Rome

Presenter 3 Name

Marie-Thérèse Champagne

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of West Florida

Paper Title 4

Fitting a Square Saint into a Round Vita: Eugippius and the Writing of the Sixth-Century Vita Severini

Presenter 4 Name

Daniel Price

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Toronto

Start Date

8-5-2014 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 2335

Description

Where Sacred Meets Secular in Hagiography embraces a broad, interdisciplinary approach to this topic, bringing to light the specific points of friction when sacred attributes meet secular ones in medieval saints’ lives, as represented in literature, art, and music.

Peter Loewen, Robin Waugh