Greek Monasticism in Southern Italy: The Life of Neilos in Context

By Barbara Crostini

This book gives a context for a reading of the Life of Saint Neilos, a Southern Italian tenth-century monastic from Calabria, founder of the monastery of Grottaferrata near Rome. His background is delineated against a multi-ethnic and idiosyncratic region where Greek and Latin cultures meet, with a significant presence of Arabs and Jews.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147243790X
• ISBN13: 9781472437907
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 381 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"