Volume 56, Issue 2, December 2016
Diego Elias Arfuch
Pages 431-437
Una nota sulle donne “diacono” nell’agiografia cipriota dal secolo V al VII
Cypriot hagiography attests the presence of women deacons during the 5th and 7th centuries. This paper presents the ordination (ceirotoniva) of these women, and tries to clarify the role of ministry played out in different places on the island (Tamassos, Salamis-Constantia, Soloi), according to three hagiographic testimonies: Acts of Heraclides, Vita Epiphanii, Vita Auxibii.