Algunas consideraciones sobre la recepción bizantina de la Vita Silvestri y su aporte a la leyenda de Constantino I

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05/2013
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1516-6295
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Las tradiciones en torno a Constantino I tuvieron diversos orígenes (pagano, arriano, cristiano oriental y romano), así como también diversos propósitos políticos. Este trabajo se detiene sobre la imagen de Constantino definida por la Vita Silvestri, con el propósito de analizar algunos aspectos centrales: en primer lugar, la forma en que los autores bizantinos incorporaron elementos de la Vita Silvestri a sus propios relatos de la vida del emperador; en segundo lugar, el motivo por el cual esos temas de origen romano fueron tan populares en Bizancio; y, en tercer lugar, cómo los temas propios de la Vita Silvestri fueron, con el paso del tiempo, fusionados con temas pertenecientes a otras tradiciones sobre Constantino. Es justamente a partir de ese análisis que se destaca, finalmente, cómo la leyenda de Constantino puede ayudar a comprender el rol teológico-político que este emperador -como sus sucesores- jugó al interior del Imperio.
The traditions on Constantine I had different origins –pagan, Arian, oriental Christian and roman-, and they also had different political aims. This paper will consider the image of Constantine as defined by the Vita Silvestri, in order to analyze some central aspects: in the first place, the way in which Byzantine writers integrated elements of the Vita Silvestri into their own accounts of the emperor’s life; in the second place, the reasons for the popularity of the Vita Silvestri in Byzantium; and, in the third place, the way in which the elements of the Vita Silvestri were, as time went by, mixed with elements that belonged to other traditions. It is on the basis of such analysis that it will pointed out, to conclude with, that the legend of Constantine can help to understand the theological and political role that this emperors –as wells as his successorsplayed in the Empire.
The traditions on Constantine I had different origins –pagan, Arian, oriental Christian and roman-, and they also had different political aims. This paper will consider the image of Constantine as defined by the Vita Silvestri, in order to analyze some central aspects: in the first place, the way in which Byzantine writers integrated elements of the Vita Silvestri into their own accounts of the emperor’s life; in the second place, the reasons for the popularity of the Vita Silvestri in Byzantium; and, in the third place, the way in which the elements of the Vita Silvestri were, as time went by, mixed with elements that belonged to other traditions. It is on the basis of such analysis that it will pointed out, to conclude with, that the legend of Constantine can help to understand the theological and political role that this emperors –as wells as his successorsplayed in the Empire.
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