Gregorius: An Incestuous Saint in Medieval Europe and Beyond

by Brian Murdoch

The story of the apocryphal pope and saint Gregorius was extremely popular throughout the middle ages and later in Europe and beyond. In a memorable narrative Gregorius is born from an incestuous relationship between a noble brother and sister, and is set out to sea with (unspecific) details of his origin. He is found and brought up by an abbot, but when revealed as a foundling leaves as a knight to seek his origins; he rescues his mother's land from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199596409
• ISBN13: 9780199596409
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"