A myroblyte (/ˈmɪrəblt/; 'whose relics produce myron';[1] from Byzantine Greek μυροβλύτης, muroblútēs, Latin: myroblyta; Church Slavonic: мѵрото́чецъ; Romanian: izvorâtor de mir; Georgian: მირონმდინარე) is a Christian saint from whose relics or burial place "an aromatic liquid with healing properties"[2] or "holy water (very much like myrrh)",[3] known as the Oil of Saints, "is said to have flowed, or still flows",[4] or from whose body emanates a scent known as the odor of sanctity.[5][6][7] The exudation of the oil or scent itself is referred to as myroblysia[8][9] (from Greek μυροβλυσία, muroblusía) or myroblytism. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, some icons are also believed to release the oil.[2]

List of myroblyte saints

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b As worded by Michael Ott:

    "Gregory of Tours (De Gloria martyrum, xxx: Patrologia Latina, LXXI, 730) testifies that a certain substance like flour emanated from the sepulchre of John the Evangelist. The same Gregory writes (ibid., xxxi) that from the sepulchre of the Apostle St. Andrew at Patrae emanated manna in the form of flour and fragrant oil."[4]

References

  1. ^ Charles C. Rozier; Daniel Roach; Giles Edward Murray Gasper (2016). Orderic Vitalis: Life, Works and Interpretations. Boydell & Brewer. p. 183. ISBN 9781783271252.
  2. ^ a b c d Kurian, George; Nelson, Thomas (2001). Nelson's Dictionary of Christianity. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 9781418539818.
  3. ^ Wheeler, Joe (2010). Christian Encounters: Saint Nicholas. Thomas Nelson. p. 54. ISBN 9781595553768.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Oil of Saints" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  5. ^ "O que é o "odor de santidade"?". Aleteia Vaticano (in Portuguese). August 14, 2013. Um crente cujo corpo exala um perfume anormal (antes ou depois da morte) é chamado de "santo miroblita" (do grego antigo myron, "óleo perfumado).
  6. ^ Benoit, Jean-Louis (2012). "Autour de l'odeur de sainteté, les parfums dans le monde chrétien". IRIS (in French): 55–89.
  7. ^ Guiance, Ariel (2009). "En olor de santidad: la caracterización y alcance de los aromas en la hagiografia hispana medieval" (PDF). Rev. Hist. (in Spanish). 10: 139.
  8. ^ Konstantakopoulou, Angeliki (18 Mar 2015). "Pure Soul in Unclean body: Some Remarks on Christian-Islamic Divergences". Turkish Historical Review. 6 (1). Brill: 38–75. doi:10.1163/18775462-00601002.
  9. ^ Fromaget, M (2006). Les cadavres extraordinaires (in French). Cairn.

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