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Christianity: Faith, Scripture and Tradition

The Cult of the Saints

Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity

by Peter Brown

A brief but path-breaking study of how the veneration of martyrs and saints transformed late antique society. Brown shows how tombs and relics became centres of power, patronage and community in the Latin West.

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