Charisma and authority: towards a hagiographic portrait of st. Sava
Abstract
The paper analyses hagiographical strategies used by the writers of St. Sava's vitae, the purpose of which was to delineate clearly the principal features of the saint's portrait. Their main concern was to confirm Sava's personal charisma and to convey a sense of his saintly authority. The focus of the paper is on the hagiographical techniques of imitation such as comparing the hero to biblical models and telling stories of his miracles that repeat the miracles of Christ himself and the most important saints. The paper devotes particular attention to those sections of the vitae that describe Sava's wielding institutional authority, and it is precisely here that there are notable similarities between Teodosije's vita and his hagiographical model, the vita of St. Sava of Jerusalem by Cyril of Skythopolis.
Keywords:
St. Sava of Serbia / hagiography / charisma / authoritySource:
Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta, 2015, 52, 277-289Publisher:
- Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Vizantološki institut, Beograd
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Istorija / HistoryTY - JOUR AU - Marjanović-Dušanić, Smilja PY - 2015 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1963 AB - The paper analyses hagiographical strategies used by the writers of St. Sava's vitae, the purpose of which was to delineate clearly the principal features of the saint's portrait. Their main concern was to confirm Sava's personal charisma and to convey a sense of his saintly authority. The focus of the paper is on the hagiographical techniques of imitation such as comparing the hero to biblical models and telling stories of his miracles that repeat the miracles of Christ himself and the most important saints. The paper devotes particular attention to those sections of the vitae that describe Sava's wielding institutional authority, and it is precisely here that there are notable similarities between Teodosije's vita and his hagiographical model, the vita of St. Sava of Jerusalem by Cyril of Skythopolis. PB - Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Vizantološki institut, Beograd T2 - Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta T1 - Charisma and authority: towards a hagiographic portrait of st. Sava EP - 289 IS - 52 SP - 277 DO - 10.2298/ZRVI1552277M ER -
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Marjanović-Dušanić, S.. (2015). Charisma and authority: towards a hagiographic portrait of st. Sava. in Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Vizantološki institut, Beograd.(52), 277-289. https://doi.org/10.2298/ZRVI1552277M
Marjanović-Dušanić S. Charisma and authority: towards a hagiographic portrait of st. Sava. in Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta. 2015;(52):277-289. doi:10.2298/ZRVI1552277M .
Marjanović-Dušanić, Smilja, "Charisma and authority: towards a hagiographic portrait of st. Sava" in Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta, no. 52 (2015):277-289, https://doi.org/10.2298/ZRVI1552277M . .