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The Life of Saint Helia, a late ancient Latin hagiography of uncertain provenance, is a remarkable and virtually unknown text, of which a critical edition and English translation appear here for the first time, accompanied by an introduction and commentary. Written predominately in dialogue format, the Life records a lengthy and highly polemical debate between a young girl Helia and her mother regarding the relative merits of virginity and marriage, followed by a dialogue between Helia and a bishop and a debate between Helia and a judge. The arguments both for and against virginity are biblically based, and the text is notable for its citational density and exegetical creativity. The dramatic narrative that frames the dialogue appears to have been influenced by the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla, while the speeches suggest familiarity with the virginity apologetics of Ambrose and Jerome ; because the Life has is preserved in only two medieval manuscripts, both from northern Spain, a Priscillianist context of composition is possible. This lively work will be of great interest to students of hagiography, asceticism, women's history, and biblical exegesis.

Hagiography. --- 235.3*35 --- Westerse hagiografische bronnen --- 235.3*35 Westerse hagiografische bronnen --- Hagiography --- Hagiographie --- Helia v. Dyrrachii

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Old French literature --- Thematology --- Christian church history --- Christian women saints --- Hagiography --- Saintes chrétiennes --- Hagiographie --- Biography --- Biographies --- 235.3*35 --- Westerse hagiografische bronnen --- 235.3*35 Westerse hagiografische bronnen --- Saintes chrétiennes

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Christian church history --- History as a science --- Classical Latin language --- Hagiography --- Saints --- Hagiographie --- Christian saints --- Hagiography. --- Hagiographie latine --- Méthodologie --- --Biography --- History and criticism. --- 4982 --- 235.3*35 --- -Hagiography --- #GROL:SEMI-235.3 --- Hagiology --- Canonization --- Westerse hagiografische bronnen --- Biography --- -History and criticism --- Christian hagiography --- History --- 235.3*35 Westerse hagiografische bronnen --- Biography&delete& --- History and criticism --- --Méthodologie --- Christian saints - Biography - History and criticism.

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Margherita Colonna (1255-1280) was born into one of the great baronial families that dominated Rome politically and culturally in the thirteenth century. After the death of her father and mother, Margherita was raised by her brothers, including Cardinal Giacomo Colonna. The two extant contemporary accounts of her short life offer a daring model of mystical lay piety forged in imitation of St. Francis but worked out in the vibrant world of medieval Rome. In 'Visions of sainthood in medieval Rome', the authors present the first English translations of Margherita Colonna's two "lives" and a dossier of associated texts, along with thoroughly researched contextualization and scholarly examination. The first of the two lives was written by a layman, the Roman Senator Giovanni Colonna, one of Margherita Colonna's brothers. The second was written by a woman named Stefania, who had been a close follower of Margherita Colonna and assumed leadership of her Franciscan community after Margherita's death. These intriguing texts open up new perspectives on numerous historical questions. How did authorial gender and status influence hagiographic perspective? How fluid was the nature of female Franciscan identity during the era in which the papacy was creating the Order of St. Clare? What were the experiences and influences of female visionaries? And what was the process of saint-making at the heart of an aristocratic Roman family?

Christian church history --- Colonna, Margherita --- 235.3 "04/14" --- 235.3*35 --- 235.3*35 Westerse hagiografische bronnen --- Westerse hagiografische bronnen --- 235.3 "04/14" Hagiografie--Middeleeuwen --- 235.3 "04/14" Hagiographie--Middeleeuwen --- Hagiografie--Middeleeuwen --- Hagiographie--Middeleeuwen --- Christian biography --- Colonna, Margherita, --- Christian biography - Italy --- Margarita Colonna abb. O.S. Clarae Romae --- Colonna, Margherita, - 1255-1280

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Christian religious orders --- anno 500-1199 --- Ireland --- Christian hagiography --- Christian saints --- Monasticism and religious orders --- Hagiographie chrétienne --- Saints chrétiens --- Monachisme et ordres religieux --- History --- Histoire --- Columba, --- Irlande --- Church history --- Histoire religieuse --- 235.3*35 --- 235.3 COLUMBA --- -Monasticism and religious orders --- -Monachism --- Monastic orders --- Monasticism and religious orders for men --- Monasticism and religious orders of men --- Orders, Monastic --- Religious orders --- Brotherhoods --- Christian communities --- Brothers (Religious) --- Friars --- Monks --- Superiors, Religious --- Saints --- Canonization --- Hagiography, Christian --- Hagiography --- Westerse hagiografische bronnen --- Hagiografie--COLUMBA --- Columba Saint --- Irish Free State --- -Christian hagiography. --- History. --- -Westerse hagiografische bronnen --- -235.3*35 --- 235.3*35 Westerse hagiografische bronnen --- Christian hagiography. --- -Hagiography, Christian --- Monachism --- -Christian hagiography --- Hagiographie chrétienne --- Saints chrétiens --- Orders, Religious --- Calum Cille, --- Cholm Cille, --- Colm Cille, --- Colm na Cille, --- Colmcille, --- Colom chille, --- Colomba, --- Colomcille, --- Colum Cille, --- Columb chille, --- Columbae, --- Columbkille, --- Columcille, --- Columkille, --- Cuilm chille,