Salos, A. (English spelling) SalosA

Japanese: Salos,A.(英語表記)SalosA
Salos, A. (English spelling) SalosA

…Monks who adopted strange and unreasonable lifestyles or pretended to be insane for the love of Christ, called saloi in Greek, appeared in large numbers in the East, especially in Syria. Representative figures include the 6th-century Egyptian hermit Symeōn Salos, and the 10th-century Scythian Andreas Salos of Constantinople, famous for the legend that the Virgin Mary appeared to him while he was praying. In addition, Christians had a custom of showing sympathy and respect to the mentally retarded and insane, regarding them as messengers of God, and so it was possible for such monks to live a life of wandering from place to place. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Salos, A." is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…キリストへの愛のために常識はずれの奇妙な生活態度をとったり,狂人のふりをする修道士はギリシア語でサロイsaloiと呼ばれ,東方,特にシリアに多数現れた。代表的人物は,6世紀のエジプトの隠修士シメオン・サロスSymeōn Salos,また祈禱の際に聖母マリアが出現したとの伝説で名高い10世紀前半のコンスタンティノープルのスキタイ人アンドレアス・サロスAndreas Salosである。またキリスト教徒の間では精神遅滞者や狂人を神の使いとして,それに同情を示し,さらに敬意をはらう習慣があったので,佯狂の修行者が各地を遍歴しながら生活することが可能であった。…

※「Salos,A.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Salonika

>>:  Salos, S. (English spelling)

Recommend

Cardboard - Danboru

Corrugated cardboard is made by pasting a cardboa...

Goyu - Goyu

A post station that has existed since the Middle A...

Augustov Canal - Augustov Canal

...The entire area is also used for timber raftin...

Kannoukohonroku - Record of the Encouragement of Agriculture

This is a local book from the mid-Edo period. The...

Binocular telescope

A telescope that gives a three-dimensional effect...

《Le coucou》(English spelling)Lecoucou

…In 1739 he became organist at the Royal Chapel (...

Branch tree

A branch tree is a technical measure used to divid...

Rash - rash

Also called a rash or skin rash. A macroscopic cha...

tawqi' (English spelling) tawqi

...The Sursi typeface is a monumental typeface th...

Actinotrocha larva - Actinotrocha larva

A free-floating larva of the genus Brachyurus (ten...

Galatea (place name) - Galatea

…the name of the northern region of Asia Minor. E...

Wage index - Chinginshisuu (English spelling) wage index

An index of wages paid to workers, based on a cer...

Bregmaceros japonicus

A marine fish of the family Cordiformes and family...

Melody - melody (English spelling)

In musical terms, it is also called "melody&...

Spat

…Apart from these gaiters, there were also gaiter...