PUBLICATION COUNTRY
Italy
LANGUAGE 1
Italian
GENRE 1
Religious Teaching
GENRE 2
Hagiography
DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATION
The booklet only has a front cover illustration, an icon of St. Basil.
NR OF PAGES
8
KEYWORDS
Synaxarium
,
Saints
,
Hagiography
,
Eastern Christianity
,
St. Basil
CITATION
San Basilio, Saint Basil. Milan: Diocesi cristiana copta ortodossa di Milano (Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Milan).
TRANSLATOR NAME 1
I Figli della Luce (youth group)
IS A TRANSLATION
Yes
FORM OF PUBLICATION 1
Paperback without ISBN
PUBLISHED BY
Diocesi cristiana copta ortodossa di Milano (Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Milan)
PUBLICATION CITY
Milan
CHURCH 1
Coptic Orthodox Church
CONTENT DESCRIPTION
The booklet is part of a series on the lives of the saints venerated in the Coptic Orthodox Church. This part focuses on Saint Basil, also known as Basil of Caesarea or St. Basil the Great.
GENERAL COMMENTS
It is not clear from which language the text was translated, but most probably it was from English. The date is also unknown, but the latest possible year must have been 2012, since there is a photo of Pope Shenouda III, who passed away in 2012.
The booklet, like other hagiographies which are part of the same series, is meant to be a complementary educational and informative material for children. For example, children learn about important saints of the Coptic Church in the Sunday schools, so reading a short booklet written in a simple language would help them solidify their knowledge about certain saints.