The Making of a Saint : The Life, Times and Sanctification of Neophytos the Recluse

Catia Galatariotou
Cambridge University Press
9780521521888
0-521-52188-2

Every case of sanctification is unique - as unique as the holy man or woman at its centre. Yet at the same time the problem posed is a general one: how does an individual become a Saint? In this bold and.

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pioneering study the author answers the question by providing a detailed analysis of the case of the late twelfth- and early thirteenth-century Byzantine holy man, the Cypriot Saint Neophytos the Recluse.