Chapter 21 La porpora nel Sinassario di Costantinopoli. Imperatori ed imperatrici in odore di santità?
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Abstract
Browsing the entries dedicated to the Byzantine emperors and empresses in the Synaxarion of Constantinople, this paper aims to highlight their features (with particular attention to the differences between male and female figures) as well as locate them, singularly and globally, in the broader context of imperial sainthood.