Master Class: “Sainthood: A Common Heritage Seen through Different Christian Lenses”
Donald S. Prudlo (University of Tulsa)
The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute, on Tuesday, November 4, will be welcoming Dr. Donald Prudlo, a leading scholar of sainthood and medieval religious history, for a discussion on the development of distinct Christian approaches to how the saints are recognized and honoured. The afternoon will begin with prayer in St. Sophia Chapel (81 St. Mary Street) at 1:00 p.m., followed by lunch and the seminar at Sheptytsky House (5 Elmsley Place) at 1:30 p.m.
Dr. Prudlo’s seminar will explore how Christians across history have sought to understand and embody holiness—from The Martyrdom of Polycarp and St. Jerome’s Against Vigilantius to later Eastern and Western traditions. Participants will consider how sanctity has been imagined, remembered, and lived out in both text and practice, and how the saint remains a living question at the heart of Christian identity.
Donald S. Prudlo, Ph.D., is professor of Catholic studies whose research spans history, theology, and philosophy. He has published extensively on saints, hagiography, the Dominican order, and medieval religious thought.
For more information: sheptytsky@utoronto.ca