“There was a great mortality in Rome, more serious than is recalled in the time of any other pontiff”. Plagues and diseases in the "Liber Pontificalis"
The aim of this article was to describe how were plagues and illnesses perceived by the authors of the Liber Pontificalis. In the first part circumstances in which the first draft of the Liber Pontificalis was composed were analysed. Attention was given particularly to disadvantages that affected t...
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Language: | English |
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The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
2021-06-01
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Series: | Vox Patrum |
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Online Access: | https://czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/vp/article/view/12190 |