Hagiography Society Article Prize-winner Dina Boero tells us about “stylites,” Christian saints who lived for years and even decades on top of columns.
By Mary K. Farag, author of What Makes a Church Sacred? Legal and Ritual Perspectives from Late AntiquitySt. Laurentius has been celebrated for his wit in a time of grave distress. In the mosaic featured on the front cover of my new book, What Makes a Church Sacred?, he stands prominently, carry