Contemporary Icons (VIth Century)
Contemporary art |
Building of the monastery of St Catherine, Mount Sinai. Wall paintings in catacombs of Comodilla, Priscilla and Calliste. Mosaic of St Theodore and St Lorenzo fuori le Mura. Rome. 532 Building of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople. Building of St Appolinare in Classe and St Vitale, Ravenna. 558 - Falling of the dome of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople. Wall paintings of the red Church, Bulgaria. Miniatures of the Gospels of Rossano, Rabulla, Sinope. Mosaic of St Vitale, Ravenna. Ivory of Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople. Mosaic of Porec (Parenzo), Yougoslavia Mosaic of St Cosmas and St Damian, Rome. Monza and Bobbio silver flasks. |
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Political context |
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Life of the Church |
507 - Clovis defeats Visigoths. 527 - Justinian becomes emperor (Ý 565) 540 - Chosroes captures Antioch. 570 - Birth of Mahomet. 579 - Reign of Tibère II. 582 - Reign of Maurice. 585 - Expedition of Franks against Italy. Lombards invade Italy. Visigoths reconquer Spain. Avars invade the Balkan Peninsula. |
519 - End of the first schism 525 - Council of Carthage: Reunification of the Church in Africa. 529 - St Benedict founds Monte Cassino. |
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Spiritual life |
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St Genevieve died in 500 St Dionysios the Areopagite died in 500. St Benedict of Nursia (480 - 548) St Gregory the Great (539 - 604) St Colombanus was born in 540 St John Climacus was born in 570 StMaximus the Confessor was born in 580 |