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This annotated translation of Leontios hagiography of the little-known Saint, Bishop Gregory of Agrigento, adds immeasurably to the history of medieval church history in the mid-sixth to the mid-seventh centuries..This is an important resource for students and researchers alike interested in the field of medieval church history. More than simply another hagiography, it is one of the primary sources, apart from Pope Gregorys letters, to comment on political machinations and intrigues during that enduring pontificate. In addition, Martyn, for the first time, contextualizes Leontios work in light of events in Western church history, a corrective to the Byzantine and hagiographical emphases that have dominated this field of scholarship. He is to be commended for bringing to light the figure of Gregory of Agrigento, a saint long under-appreciated for the key role he played in Gregory the Greats pontificate. More broadly, Martyns achievement is to synthesize accounts of church life and thought in the 6th and 7th centuries which have traditionally been balkanized between Byzantine and Western European scholarship. Dr. Jason Taliadoros, Department of History, University of Melbourne
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