The figure of Gregory of Nazianzus has been the subject of multiple studies both from the biographical point of view and especially on the level of theological thought. Here, however, we intend to investigate the lesser-known members of the high prelate’s family, namely the women, whose ‘roles’ – loving sisters and mothers, sometimes exemplary sometimes rebellious nieces, out-of-the ordinary cousins – offer valuable elements for a deeper reconstruction of the social, political and cultural role of elite women in a peripheral – yet ‘central’ – region of the Roman Empire such as Cappadocia in the 4th century AD.
La figura di Gregorio Nazianzeno è stata oggetto di molteplici studi sia dal punto di vista biografico sia soprattutto sul piano del pensiero teologico. In questa sede, però, si intende condurre un’indagine su alcuni esponenti meno noti della famiglia dell’alto prelato, ossia le donne, i cui “ruoli” – sorelle e madri amorevoli, nipoti talora esemplari talaltra ribelli, cugine fuori dal comune – offrono elementi preziosi per una ricostruzione più approfondita del ruolo sociale, politico e culturale delle donne dell’élite in una regione periferica – eppure “centrale” – dell’Impero romano come la Cappadocia del IV secolo d.C.
Le donne della famiglia di Gregorio Nazianzeno: sorelle, nipoti e cugine straordinarie
Margherita Cassia
2024-01-01
Abstract
The figure of Gregory of Nazianzus has been the subject of multiple studies both from the biographical point of view and especially on the level of theological thought. Here, however, we intend to investigate the lesser-known members of the high prelate’s family, namely the women, whose ‘roles’ – loving sisters and mothers, sometimes exemplary sometimes rebellious nieces, out-of-the ordinary cousins – offer valuable elements for a deeper reconstruction of the social, political and cultural role of elite women in a peripheral – yet ‘central’ – region of the Roman Empire such as Cappadocia in the 4th century AD.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.