SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Religious Texts: The Life of Saint Lazaros of Mount Galesion

»Saint Lazaros of Mount Galesios (Greek: ???a??? ? Ga??s??t??, Lazaros ho Galesiotes; c. 972/981 – 7 November 1053) was an 11th-century Byzantine monk and stylite, who founded a monastic community at Mount Galesios near Ephesus. (...)
Lazaros's hagiography was written by his disciple, the kellarite Gregory; and reworked by the Patriarch of Constantinople, Gregory II of Cyprus, in the late 13th century. According to the description of Alexander Kazhdan, the hagiography "has few supernatural miracles but many vignettes rich in everyday details: the young Lazaros escaped sexual seduction in the house of a girl whom he accompanied to Chonae; Lazaros's corpse, with the help of the monk Cyril, signed the diatyposis for the monks; many thefts and quarrels, travels, and visits are described. Gregory focuses on local events, while Constantinople is depicted as a remote city teeming with danger".« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Medieval History: Byzantine History

I. Geographical Index: -

III. Topical Index: Types: General: Sexual Assault

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Lewis, Isabella. »Masculinity, Sexual Violence, and Violent Desire in the Life of St Lazaros of Mount Galesion, 11th Century.« 33rd International Medieval Congress. Leeds 2026.