Book contents
- The Early Modern Invention of Late Antique Rome
- The Early Modern Invention of Late Antique Rome
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations and Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. The Reinventio of the Hidden City
- 2. Rewiring the Sacred Circuit (Roma Sancta Renovata)
- 3. Remains to Be Seen (or, On the Holy Corpse)
- 4. Peter’s Bones
- 5. De Rossi’s Deception: Crafting the Crypt of the Popes
- 6. Raising Late Antique Jews from the Valley of Dry Bones
- 7. Disposing of Depositio (Ad Sanctos)
- 8. Inventing Christian Rome
- Bibliography
- Index
7. - Disposing of Depositio (Ad Sanctos)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 August 2020
Book contents
- The Early Modern Invention of Late Antique Rome
- The Early Modern Invention of Late Antique Rome
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations and Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. The Reinventio of the Hidden City
- 2. Rewiring the Sacred Circuit (Roma Sancta Renovata)
- 3. Remains to Be Seen (or, On the Holy Corpse)
- 4. Peter’s Bones
- 5. De Rossi’s Deception: Crafting the Crypt of the Popes
- 6. Raising Late Antique Jews from the Valley of Dry Bones
- 7. Disposing of Depositio (Ad Sanctos)
- 8. Inventing Christian Rome
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Much of the evidence for the Cult of the Saints in Rome is based on the idea of ad sanctos burials: people clamoring to be close to the bodies of the saints. I argue in Chapter 7 that there is no connection, necessarily, between ad sanctos and burial patterns late antique Rome. Burial ad sanctos becomes, then, not a measure of the power of the Cult of the Saints in Rome, but an example of a modern tendency to see burial patterns where they did not necessarily exist.
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- The Early Modern Invention of Late Antique Rome , pp. 297 - 342Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020