Les Saints Stylites [French]

By Hippolyte Delehaye

"Les Saints Stylites" est une tude hagiographique magistrale consacr e l'une des formes les plus singuli res de l'asc tisme chr tien: les stylites. Cet ouvrage explore la vie et la spiritualit de ces saints qui, l'imitation de saint Sim on l'Ancien, passaient leurs journ es en pri re au sommet de colonnes dans le Proche-Orient byzantin.

travers une analyse rigoureuse des textes hagiographiques, l'auteur retrace l' volution de ce mouvement monastique extraordinaire, du Ve si cle jusqu' son d clin. L' "uvre examine non seulement les aspects mat riels de la vie sur une colonne, mais aussi l'impact social et religieux de ces figures charismatiques sur les populations locales. Ce livre demeure une r f rence indispensable pour les historiens de l' glise et ceux qui s'int ressent au monachisme antique.

En combinant rudition historique et critique textuelle, "Les Saints Stylites" offre un aper u fascinant de la pi t m di vale et de la recherche de la perfection spirituelle par le renoncement physique extr ame. C'est une contribution majeure l' tude des traditions hagiographiques de l'Orient chr tien.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 102579818X
• ISBN13: 9781025798189
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Tradd Street Press
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"