From a diachronic perspective, and considering both textual and visual evidence, this article traces the relic cult of SS Gregory Nazianzen and John Chrysostom. It focuses on two historical contexts, hitherto not compared with each other, in which both the relics and the architectural frame in which they were placed acquired significant additional meaning and value: tenth-century Constantinople and sixteenth- century Rome. I will show how Emperor Constantine VII, in the Holy Apostles, and Pope Gregory XIII, in St. Peter’s, used the same relics as an instrument in a process of meaning-making, thereby asserting their own authority and prestige.

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帝国和教皇背景下的意义建构

从历时的角度，并考虑文本和视觉证据，本文追溯了党卫军Gregory Nazianzen 和 John Chrysostom。它侧重于两个迄今尚未相互比较的历史背景，其中文物和放置它们的建筑框架都具有重要的附加意义和价值：十世纪的君士坦丁堡和十六世纪的罗马。我将展示君士坦丁大帝如何七, 在圣使徒和教皇格雷戈里十三，在圣彼得大教堂，在意义创造过程中使用相同的遗物作为工具，从而维护自己的权威和声望。