Widows in the Hispano-Roman - Suevic/ Visigothic Councils of Hispania

Alberto Ferreiro

Seattle Pacific University, Seattle , United States
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5452-8474


Abstract

The Church Fathers did not neglect to give attention to widows and articulate what they believed was their role in the Church. Modern studies are quite abundant focusing mainly from the New Testament, the early Church, and the Middle Ages. One era that has been marginalized is widows in sources from late antique Roman and Suevic-Visigothic Hispania. Early Christian writers are noted for background only, the focus here are the conciliar texts dating from the fourth through seventh centuries.

Keywords:

Widows, Hispania, Suves, Visigoths, Council, Virginity, Feminine Asceticism

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2022-09-15


Ferreiro, A. (2022). Widows in the Hispano-Roman - Suevic/ Visigothic Councils of Hispania. Vox Patrum, 83, 87–108. https://doi.org/10.31743/vp.13198

Alberto Ferreiro  betomicielo@gmail.com
Seattle Pacific University, Seattle https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5452-8474



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