Effros, Bonnie 
ORCID: 0000-0002-9568-0277
(2019)
Reviving Carthage’s Martyrs: Archaeology, Memory, and Catholic Devotion in the French Protectorate of Tunisia.
Archeologia Medievale, 46.
pp. 65-73.
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Abstract
In 1874, Alfred-Louis Delattre (d. 1932) joined the Société des missionnaires d’Afrique (White Fathers) in Algiers. From 1876, he received permission from Archbishop Lavigerie to dedicate his time to archaeological exploration in and near Carthage. Lavigerie was enthusiastic about the potential of the ancient city, with its wealth of martyrs, not only to advance research on early Christianity but to support the conversion of the Berber and Arab populations from Islam. Inspired by the example of Giovanni Battista de Rossi in the Roman catacombs, Lavigerie and Delattre believed that religiously grounded archaeological research would hasten the restoration of Christian Africa as it was in the time of Augustine of Hippo (d. 432). Focused on Delattre’s excavation and modification of the Carthage amphitheater, this essay explores the place of faith-based research in the development of nineteenth-century archaeology in the French Protectorate of Tunisia (established in 1881). Delattre viewed the amphitheater not as a static archaeological monument but as a living and active lieu de mémoire which might be revived to promote conversion and popular religiosity. This activist paradigm, a faith-based approach, deeply influenced the development of Christian archaeology.
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| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Feb 2020 08:47 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2023 00:03 |
| DOI: | 10.1400/276312 |
| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3074597 |
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