A memória mariana na cidade de Constantinopla (análise da figura de Maria dos séculos II ao V)

Abstract

This dissertation aims to define the importance of belief in relation to the figure of Mary for Byzantine Christians and its importance in the city of Constantinople. For this purpose, we worked with the canonical gospels, extra-canonical gospels of the Nativity of Mary and the narratives of the first priests of the Christian communities. This research sought the origin of the Marian cult and the countless narratives linked to the Mother of Jesus for a better understanding of the Marian belief towards Christians. In addition, we sought to map the beginning of the cult in the city of Constantinople, its imbrications within the Byzantine Church and the numerous attributes dedicated to the Mother of Jesus. In this way, it was intended with this research, to historicize the Marian cult and to insert it in the socio-political context of Constantinople, articulating it with its ritual and iconographic aspects. Performing a historical analysis of the concepts and worldviews of the Byzantine citizens and the Byzantine Church, at the intersection between culture and memory.