The Making of a Saint: The Life, Times and Sanctification of Neophytos the Recluse.

Abstract

List of plates Acknowledgments List of abbreviations Introduction: aims and methods Part I. The Life and Times of Neophytos the Recluse: 1. The life of Neophytos 2. The literary and wider cultural context of Neophytos' writings 3. Cyprus in the eleventh, twelfth and early thirteenth centuries Part II. The Process of Self-Sanctification: 4. Neophytos' conception of sanctity 5. The self-proclaimed holy man Part III. The Social Context of Sanctity: 6. Education 7. Neophytos' public 8. Social commentary 9. Secular politics 10. Ecclesiastical politics Part IV. Saint Neophytos the Recluse: 11. Sanctification Appendix Bibliography Index.