The Synaxarion Entry for the Holy Innocents as a Probable Source for the Narrative of the Chronicle of Suzdal on the Fratricide in Isady (1217): Sviatopolk the Cursed as Herod the Great

The author argues that besides the biblical, historical, hagiographic, eschatologic, and liturgical texts, the anonymous authors of Kievan Rus chronicles also made use of the OCS Synaxarion (Prolog) translated from Greek in early 12th century at the latest. This can be seen in the Chronicle of Suzda...

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Main Author: Sergejus Temčinas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2020-12-01
Series:Studi Slavistici
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Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ss/article/view/9664