Venice. The harbor of the saints. Antiga R. de

The book of the University of Padua Renato de Antiga is a unique work on the history of holy relics, or the relics of the eastern saints of the first centuries of Christianity, preserved in Venice. Under one cover, the translation of his books “Venice. Harbor of the saints ”and“ Guide to the Byzantine Venice ”, which, complementing each other, make it possible to create the most complete idea of ​​the veneration of Christian shrines and Byzantine roots of the Venetian church in the city, which throughout its rich history has been most closely connected with the Orthodox The East, the Byzantine Empire and its heir - the third Rome.