The use of the past in late Byzantine reality: The promotion of the 10th-century saint Nikon “the Metanoeite” as equal-to-the-apostles on the laconian churches, Peloponnese (13th-14th centuries)
Abstract
Among the many late Byzantine representations of St Nikon “the Metanoeite” (Nikon “Repent!”) in the churches of Laconia, some stand out due to the position of his figure next to the Apostles or the apostolic scene of the Pentecost. Taking into consideration the importance of apostolicity through the ages and of the emphasis on the Apostles after 1204 in the context of the debates concerning the Union of the Churches, the combined depiction of St Nikon and the Apostles highlights the figure of St Nikon as an equal-to-the-apostles and advocate of the correct faith.
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TAKOUMI (Αννα ΤΑΚΟΥΜΗ) A. (2023). The use of the past in late Byzantine reality: The promotion of the 10th-century saint Nikon “the Metanoeite” as equal-to-the-apostles on the laconian churches, Peloponnese (13th-14th centuries). Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, 43, 143–158. https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.34377
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