Abstract This paper shows that the protagonists of Byzantine Passions are often depicted as attaining holiness while on move: after their arrest by pagan soldiers, Christian martyrs subjected to travels for legal reasons. Drawing anthropological concept liminality (Arnold van Gennep, Victor Turner), I will suggest such inflicted or transfers in serve liminal phases between interrogation, tortur...

Accounts of recoveries from accidental injuries in medieval children recorded among the posthumous miracles of saints are a particularly valuable source of information about childhood during an age for which such material is scarce. Whereas reports of miraculous healing of chronic illnesses or handicaps often emphasize the prayers offered and the sudden joyous return to health at the shrine in ...

H. Sevinçli,1,* W. Li,1,2,3,* N. Mingo,3 G. Cuniberti,1,4 and S. Roche1,5,6 1Institute for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, Dresden University of Technology, DE-01062 Dresden, Germany 2Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-100190 Beijing, China 3LITEN, CEA, 17 rue des Martyrs, BP 166, FR-38042 Grenoble, France 4Division of IT Convergence Engineering, PO...

1 ENSTA Paris-Tech, 32, Bd. Victor, 75739 Paris cedex 15 – France Tél. : 01 45 52 60 81 Fax : 01 45 52 83 27 christophe.roblin@ensta.fr www.ensta.fr 2 ESYCOM, Université Paris-Est Marne-La-Vallée, 5 Bd Descartes, Champs-surMarne 77454 Marne La Vallée – France Tél. : 01 60 95 72 62 Fax : 01 60 95 72 14 laheurte@univ-mlv.fr talves@univ-mlv.fr www.esycom.univ-mlv.fr 3 CEA-Leti, 17, Avenue des Mart...

Komitas K‘eōmurchean (1656-1707) was an Istanbul-Armenian priest and the younger brother of prolific writer Eremia K‘eōmurchean. While Apostolic Armenian layman, a clergyman known for his Catholic learnings, which brought him into conflict with leading churchmen. Ultimately, he sentenced to death before Ottoman court executed. After death, Komitas’ grave became site ecumenical veneration Armeni...