The Churches of Syrian Antioch (300-638 CE) /

Mayer, Wendy, 1960-

The Churches of Syrian Antioch (300-638 CE) / by Wendy Mayer & Pauline Allen. - Leuven ; Paris ; Walpole, MA : Peeters, 2012. - xviii, 372 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 25 cm. - Late Antique History and Religion Series ; 5. . - Late Antique History and Religion Series ; 5. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-254) and indexes.

Part 1. Survey of the churches. St Babylas -- St Barlaam -- Campus martius -- Church of Cassian -- Church in the New (City) -- Church in Machouka -- Church in Seleucia Pieria (lower city) -- Church in Seleucia Pieria (upper city) -- Sts Cosmas and Damian -- St Dometius -- Great Church -- Church of the Holy Prophets -- St Ignatius -- John the Baptist -- St John -- St Julian -- Koimeterion -- St Leontius -- Church of the Maccabees -- Martyrium of the Maccabees (Daphne) -- Martyrium at the Romanesian gate -- Martyrium at the Temple of Apollo (Daphne) -- Church of Michael the Archangel -- Churches of Michael the Archangel in Daphne -- Palaia -- St Romanus -- St Stephen protomartyr -- Symeon Stylites the Elder -- Church of the Theotokos -- Martyrium of Thomas -- Church of Thomas the Apostle (Seleucia Pieria) -- Non-specific data -- Dubia -- Part 2. Influences and motives. Phase One: Before Constantine -- Phase Two: Constantine to Theodosius I -- Phase three: Theodosius II to Zeno -- Phase Four: Anastasius to Heraclius -- Part 3: Use and function.- Martyrium or Church? -- The Cathedral Church -- Stational use of churches and liturgical processions -- Mobile bodies and private veneration -- Possession, dispossession, and repossession -- Liturgical organization and corporate use -- Personnel -- More than a place of worship -- Postscript.

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Excavations (Archaeology) --Antioch--Turkey.
Church history --Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Church architecture --Antioch--Turkey.


Antioch (Turkey) --Antiquities.
Antioch (Turkey) --Church history.

BR1085.A58 / M39 2012