Die Macht der Weisheit das Bild des Bischofs in der Vita Augustini des Possidius und anderen spätantiken und frühmittelalterlichen Bischofsviten

Focusing on Possidius' "Vita Augustini" the author examines one of the most important hagiographical 'subgenres' in late antiquity, the episcopal biography, its precedents in antiquity - above all the hellenistic lives of philosophers - and its development up to the 9th century.