The Life of St. Melania
Author : Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro
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Page : 204 pages
File Size : 34,50 MB
Release : 1908
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Author : Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro
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Page : 204 pages
File Size : 34,50 MB
Release : 1908
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Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
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ISBN : 9781021200693
This long out-of-print biography of St. Melania provides a fascinating look into the life of one of the most influential women in early Christianity. Melania was a wealthy Roman noblewoman who devoted her life to works of charity and piety, eventually becoming a prominent representative of the ascetic movement in the church. Written by Cardinal Mariano Rampolla, this volume draws heavily on primary sources and offers an insightful analysis of Melania's legacy and impact on the church. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Gerontius
Publisher : New York ; Toronto : E. Mellen Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,26 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Christian saints
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This is a translation of a life of a rich Roman matron, Melania, who was famous throughout the Christian world for her renunciations and her dedication to Christ. It reveals her as a woman who exerted a very strong influence on ascetic ideals in the time of the early Church.
Author : Cardinal Rampolla
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 31,70 MB
Release : 2016-09-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781333780807
Excerpt from The Life of St. Melania As for the contents of the Cardinal's great work, it consists of an edition of the Latin and Greek texts of the Life of St. Melania the Younger, the Latin text, as His Eminence explains, having been first dis covered by himself now nearly twenty-five years ago in the library of the Escurial. But over and above the text, his volume has served as the shrine of an immense apparatus of miscellaneous learning. In the words of Abbot Butler's notice just referred to, the book probably contains all that can be known from extant materials concerning the younger Melania and the whole circle in which She moved. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Elizabeth A. Clark
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,57 MB
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 0190888229
"Melania the Younger: From Rome to Jerusalem analyzes one of the most richly detailed stories of a woman of late antiquity. Melania, an early fifth-century Roman Christian aristocrat, renounced her many possessions and staggering wealth to lead a life of ascetic renunciation. Hers is a tale of "riches to rags." Born to high Roman aristocracy in the late fourth century, Melania encountered numerous difficulties posed by family members, Roman officials, and historical circumstances themselves in disposing of her wealth, property spread across at least eight Roman provinces, and thousands of slaves. Leaving Rome with her entourage a few years before Alaric the Goth's sack of Rome in 410, she journeyed to Sicily, then to North Africa (where she had estates upon which founded monasteries), before settling in Jerusalem. There, after some years of semi-solitary existence, she founded more monastic complexes. Towards the end of her life, she traveled to Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) in an attempt to convert to Christianity her still-pagan uncle, who was on a state mission to the eastern Roman court. Throughout her life, she was accustomed to meet and be assisted by emperors and empresses, bishops, and other high dignitaries. Embracing a fairly extreme asceticism, Melania died in Jerusalem in 439. Her Life, two versions of which (Greek and Latin) were discovered in the late nineteenth- and early twentieth centuries, was composed by a long-time assistant who succeeded her in the direction of the male and female monasteries in Jerusalem. An English translation of the Greek version of her Life accompanies the text of this nine-chapter book"--
Author : Mariano Rampolla Del Tindaro
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 18,81 MB
Release : 2014-01
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ISBN : 9781295469147
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Author : Cardinal Mariano RAMPOLLA DEL TINDARO
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Page : pages
File Size : 29,9 MB
Release : 1908
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Author : Catherine Michael Chin
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 28,74 MB
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0520379217
Melania the Elder and her granddaughter Melania the Younger were major figures in early Christian history, using their wealth, status, and forceful personalities to shape the development of nearly every aspect of the religion we now know as Christianity. This volume examines their influence on late antique Christianity and provides an insightful portrait of their legacies in the modern world. Departing from the traditionally patriarchal view, Melania gives a poignant and sometimes surprising account of how the rise of Christian institutions in the Roman Empire shaped our understanding of women’s roles in the larger world.
Author : Elizabeth A. Clark
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 36,73 MB
Release : 2021-02-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0190888245
Melania the Younger: From Rome to Jerusalem explores the richly detailed story of Melania, an early fifth-century Roman Christian aristocrat who renounced her staggering wealth to lead a life of ascetic renunciation. Hers is a tale of "riches to rags." Born to high Roman aristocracy in the late fourth century, Melania encountered numerous difficulties posed by family members, Roman officials, and historical circumstances in disposing of her wealth, property (spread across at least eight Roman provinces), and thousands of slaves. Leaving Rome with her entourage a few years before Alaric the Goth's sack of Rome in 410, she journeyed to Sicily, then to North Africa, finally settling in Jerusalem-all while founding monasteries along the way. Towards the end of her life, she traveled to Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) in an attempt to convert to Christianity her still-pagan uncle, who was on a state mission to the eastern Roman court. Throughout her life, she was accustomed to meet and be assisted by emperors and empresses, bishops, and other high dignitaries. Embracing a fairly extreme asceticism, Melania died in Jerusalem in 439. A new English translation of her Life, composed by a long-time assistant who succeeded her in the direction of the male and female monasteries in Jerusalem, accompanies this biographical study.
Author : Gerontius
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,47 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Christian saints
ISBN : 9780889465350