IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 220: Irish Saints and Orthodoxy
Monday 13 July 2009, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | University of Wales, Lampeter |
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| Organiser: | Jude Mackley, School of Arts, University of Northampton |
| Moderator/Chair: | Paul Hardwick, Department of English, Leeds Trinity University |
| Paper 220-a | Claiming and Reclaiming Orthodoxy in the Figure of St Columba (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Celtic, Language and Literature - Latin, Monasticism |
| Paper 220-b | Incarnation, Work, and Sunday Rest in Nauigatio S. Brendani abbatis (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Celtic, Language and Literature - Latin, Monasticism |
| Paper 220-c | The Heresies of Brendan's Nauigatio (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Language and Literature - Latin |
| Abstract | This session discusses two Irish Saints: the first paper looks at the construction of St Columba in Adomnán's Life of Columba in relation to the Christological motifs which might be explained by the ecclesiastical politics of the day. The second paper discusses three scenes in the Nauigatio sancti Brendani abbatis: the scenes are pointers to theological debates concerning work and rest, respite and intercession. The final paper considers the Nauigatio and some of its vernacular translations, and how some scenes were perceived by commentators and inquisitors as apparent heresies. |