Saint Theokleto: A Female Iconoclast Saint

• Prieto Domínguez, Óscar ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Salamanca

     Universidad de Salamanca

     Salamanca, España

     
• Localización: Analecta Bollandiana: Revue critique d'hagiographie, ISSN 0003-2468, Vol. 134, Nº. 2, 2016, págs. 293-302
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The Synaxarion of Constantinople commemorates St Theokleto the Wonder Worker on August 21. In spite of our lack of information about her, a comparative analysis with the other simultaneous cults in honour of pious women leads us to a significant conclusion: Theokleto was the only woman whose sanctification followed the type of the iconoclast saints known to us