Cults on the Move, Mobility of Monks: Some Reflections on Late Antique and Early Medieval Monasteries between Constantinople and Rome

Some Roman monasteries between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages belonging to Eastern monks maintained close relations with Constantinople. A case in point is that of San Cesario on the Palatine hill, which was established in the ruins of the imperial palace, on which we will focus in particular. The “imports” of cults from Byzantium may be a key to understanding a phenomenon that deserves further consideration.