Landscape with Two Saints: How Genovefa of Paris and Brigit of Kildare Built Christianity in Barbarian Europe

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At a time when Europeans still longed to be Roman and were just learning to be Christian, two extraordinary holy women-Genovefa of Paris (ca. 420-502) and Brigit of Kildare (ca. 450-524)-began to roam their homelands. One of these saints raised an apostolic church in the imperial city that would become Paris. The other scavenged fragments of that dwindling empire for the foundations of a grand Roman basilica built deep in barbarian territory. Both...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195336526

ISBN13:9780195336528

Release Date:May 2009

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 9.5"

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Christian Books & Bibles Church History Education & Reference Religion Religion & Spirituality

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Landscape with Two Saints: How Genovefa of Paris and Brigit of Kildare Built Christianity in Barbarian Europe

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