Explanation of the purpose of early Christian martyria as places of collective memory is a complex of many different circumstances and meanings and must be observed in accordance. First of all, martyria are architectural monuments dedicated to the martyrs, historical evidences of the martyrial death of those who suffered for Christ - this is a simple explanation of their real meaning. Yet, their social role is even more important than their historical role - martyria continuously transferred an idea of Salvation among the people, becoming thus the places of collective memory. But what happen when the martyr's relics are "usurped" by one wealthy family? This paper aim to shed some light on what could have been the real purpose of one such example, the martyrium attached to the basilica on the necropolis in Jagodin Mala in Naissus (modern Nis).
Keywords:
sacred focus / Naissus / martyrium / Late Antiquity / Jagodin mala / funerary complex
Source:
Zograf, 2015, 39, 1-10
Publisher:
Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za istoriju umetnosti, Beograd
TY - JOUR
AU - Špehar, Olga
PY - 2015
UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1964
AB - Explanation of the purpose of early Christian martyria as places of collective memory is a complex of many different circumstances and meanings and must be observed in accordance. First of all, martyria are architectural monuments dedicated to the martyrs, historical evidences of the martyrial death of those who suffered for Christ - this is a simple explanation of their real meaning. Yet, their social role is even more important than their historical role - martyria continuously transferred an idea of Salvation among the people, becoming thus the places of collective memory. But what happen when the martyr's relics are "usurped" by one wealthy family? This paper aim to shed some light on what could have been the real purpose of one such example, the martyrium attached to the basilica on the necropolis in Jagodin Mala in Naissus (modern Nis).
PB - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za istoriju umetnosti, Beograd
T2 - Zograf
T1 - Private piety or collective worship in early Christian martyria. Late antique Naissus case study
EP - 10
SP - 1
VL - 39
DO - 10.2298/ZOG1539001S
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Špehar, O.. (2015). Private piety or collective worship in early Christian martyria. Late antique Naissus case study. in Zograf
Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za istoriju umetnosti, Beograd., 39, 1-10.
https://doi.org/10.2298/ZOG1539001S
Špehar O. Private piety or collective worship in early Christian martyria. Late antique Naissus case study. in Zograf. 2015;39:1-10.
doi:10.2298/ZOG1539001S .
Špehar, Olga, "Private piety or collective worship in early Christian martyria. Late antique Naissus case study" in Zograf, 39 (2015):1-10,
https://doi.org/10.2298/ZOG1539001S . .
