Acknowledgments iii
List of Abbreviations v
List of Illustrations vii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: Barbatianus in Late Antiquity 16
1.1: Locating Barbatianus in the Fifth Century 16
1.2: ‘Foreign’ Saints in the Late Roman Capital 20
1.3: Saints in the Sphere of Galla Placidia 22
1.4: The Other Barbatiani in Late Antiquity 33
Chapter 2: The Contexts of Medieval Ravenna 37
2.1: The Legend of Barbatianus from the Sixth to the Ninth Century 37
2.2: Politics of Tenth-Century Ravenna: Archbishops 42
2.3: Politics of Tenth-Century Ravenna: Emperors 51
2.4: Politics of Tenth-Century Ravenna: Nobles 54
2.5: The Monastic Communities and Monastic Reform in Tenth-Century Ravenna 55
2.6: The Monasterium of Barbatianus 62
Chapter 3: The Hagiographic Landscape of Medieval Ravenna 67
3.1: Approaching Ravenna’s Hagiographic Landscape 67
3.2: Apollinaris and the Ravennate Saints before the Tenth Century 71
3.3: Hagiographic Production of the Tenth Century 80
3.4: The Long Perspective of the Vita et Inventio Sancti Probi 85
3.5: New Monastic Hagiography in Eleventh-Century Ravenna 94
Chapter 4: The History of the Vita Barbatiani 97
4.1: History of the Vita Barbatiani 97
4.2: Dating the Vita of Barbatianus 101
Chapter 5: Content and Composition of the Vita Barbatiani 112
5.1: Content of the Vita Barbatiani 112
5.2: The Composition of the Vita 121
5.3: The Miracles of Barbatianus 132
Chapter 6: Barbatianus in the Later Middle Ages 146
6.1: Barbatianus in the Eleventh Century and the Sermon of Peter Damian 147
6.2: The Legend of Barbatianus in the Twelfth Century and Beyond 151
6.3: Noble and Monastic Diffusion of the Vita Barbatiani 157
Chapter 7: Conclusions 162
7.1: Creating Local Saints 169
7.2: Barbatianus as Survivor< 174
Appendix 1: Translation of the Vita Barbatiani 178
Appendix 2: Translation of Peter Damian’s On the Feast of St. Barbatianus 191
Appendix 3: Manuscripts of the Vita sancti Barbatiani 203
Bibliography 209
