Miracles of Angels and Saints in Late Antique Christianity: Competition and/or Succession (Miracles Collections of St. Kosmas and Damianos (6th–7th centuries.) and Artemios (7th century.)

Student: Efimova Liubava

Educational Programme: Classical Studies (Bachelor)

Final Grade: 8

Year of Graduation: 2024

Reading the collections of miracles of St. Cosmas and Damian and St. Artemy, we see that they do not have a single idea about angels and their relationship with the saints. So, in the 48th miracle, the angel Raphael instructs the saints, at the same time, in St. Artemy in the 34th miracle, the angels appear as his antagonists. Although both angels and saints usually perform a mediating role, there is a shift in their functions in the miracles under consideration. This study aims to study exactly how the interaction between angels and saints is built in these miracles, and thus try to determine the nature of these interactions: whether their relationship is competition or cooperation.

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