Research Assignment 1: Notes Toward the Critical Study of a Cult

Over the course of my last four posts, I've learned quite a bit about Saints Chrysanthus and Daria, as well as the materials available to research them and their cult. I've had a lot of fun in the process, but it's also important that I know where I could go from here for a more...

Research Assignment 1.4: Bibliography of Secondary Sources

Mosaic portrait of Daria "depicted on the barrel vaults of the Cappella Arcivescovile in Ravenna (northern Italy), datable 494/520." From Oxford's The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity. For this step in my research, I'm going to be shifting from primary sources to secondary sources as I explore what JSTOR, ATLA, and ITER provide for...

Research Assignment 1.3: BHL Bibliography

Now that I've outlined the information available on Chrysanthus and Daria in the Acta Sanctorum, I'm ready to find out a little more about what other resources and texts are available to me. Luckily, "Chrysanthus" and "Daria" are the Latin names of my saints, so I don't have to Latinize their names. Searching "Chrysanthus et...

Research Assignment 1.2: Acta Sanctorum Outline

The Acta Sanctorum The Vita et Passio Santcorum Martyrum Chrysanthi et Dariae in the Acta Sanctorum. "God desired that the history of previous Saints come forth to our edification, not in order that with the praise of mortals he might nourish them whom he renews with immortal feasts; but in order that with their example...

Research Assignment 1.1: Searching for Saints

Finding the Saint(s) When I started thinking about this assignment, I had no idea what saint I wanted to research. So, I starting by googling lists of martyrs organized by their dates of death. I went through the Wikipedia pages for saints who had interesting names or bios and eventually settled on a pair of...