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Translating faith : Ethiopian pilgrims in Renaissance Rome /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kelly, Samantha, 1968- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2024.
Series:I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history.
Subjects:
S. Stefano dei Mori (Church : Rome, Italy)
YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān > Relations > Catholic Church.
Catholic Church > Relations > YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān.
Ethiopians > Italy > Rome > History > 16th century.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages > Italy > Rome > 16th century.
Christian shrines > Italy > Rome.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Origins of Santo Stefano
  • Organization of the hostel-monastery
  • Santo Stefano's pilgrims
  • Negotiating European prior knowledge (1511-1513)
  • Translating Ethiopian sanctity (1516)
  • Correcting European expertise (1540-1542)
  • Diplomatic intermediaries (1536/1544-1545)
  • Translating ritual (1546-1549)
  • Santo Stefano between Orthodox and Catholic (c.1552-1599)
  • Conclusion: Santo Stefano in perspective
  • Appendix A: Ethiopic syllabary and transliteration chart
  • Appendix B: Prosopography of Ethiopian pilgrims in sixteenth-century Rome.