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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Mauritsde LeeuwPolitics in the <i>Life of Daniel the Stylite</i>: The Holy Man as a Political Player in Late Antique Constantinoplehttp://syriaca.org/cbss/ZWCQ9NC3https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/ZWCQ9NC3https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/ZWCQ9NC3SabineKubischHilmarKlinkottPower of the Priests: Political Use of Religious Knowledge. Proceedings of the Conference Held at the Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, November 29 until December 1, 2018BerlinWalter de Gruyter202455-72As Christianity became the dominant religion of the late antique Roman Empire, leaders of Christian communities started to play a role in imperial politics. In the 4th century, bishops could exercise direct and decisive influence on the emperor; holy men succeeded them in this role during the 5th century. Daniel the Stylite is the prime example of a holy man engaged in imperial politics, acting as the personal adviser of Emperor Leo I. Taking up his abode on top of a pillar near Constantinople, Daniel’s spiritual authority gradually increased through the working of miracles and successful intercessory prayers. Hence, members of the imperial elite and finally the emperor himself consulted him on personal affairs, but also on political matters pertaining to the entire empire. These contacts were in the interest of both the persons of secular authority and the holy man: it increased the political legitimacy of the former and fostered the authority of the latter.
Leeuw, Maurits de. “Politics in the Life of Daniel the Stylite: The Holy Man as a Political Player in Late Antique Constantinople.” In Power of the Priests: Political Use of Religious Knowledge. Proceedings of the Conference Held at the Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, November 29 until December 1, 2018, edited by Sabine Kubisch and Hilmar Klinkott, 55–72. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2024.
Maurits de Leeuw, Politics in the Life of Daniel the Stylite: The Holy Man as a Political Player in Late Antique Constantinople,” in Power of the Priests: Political Use of Religious Knowledge. Proceedings of the Conference Held at the Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, November 29 until December 1, 2018, ed. Sabine Kubisch and Hilmar Klinkott (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2024), 55–72.