Sacralisation

Abstract: Sacralisation is a process of distinction and elevation comparable to heroization, based on the attribution of the extra-ordinary quality of sacrality to a person. ‘Sacral’ can be defined as that which is assigned to the divine or to powers not available to man himself and thus excluded as ‘sacred’ from the material-physical reality and connected with something extra-worldly. The processes of sacralisation include, for example, divinisation and relating to the divine, through which figures such as martyrs and saints are constituted. It is thus a form of exaltation, honour and distinction that marks the exemplary and generates admiration or adoration, without the term ‘hero’ being used

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Edition: Version 1.0, published 25 June 2024
• Language: Englisch

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Sakralisierung ; Das Sakrale ; Das Heilige ; Heroisierung ; Held ; Heldenverehrung ; Apotheose ; Märtyrer ; Heiligkeit

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Freiburg
• (who): Universität
• (when): 2024
• Creator: Heinzer, Felix ; Leonhard, Jörn ; Hoff, Ralf von den
• Contributor: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Sonderforschungsbereich 948 "Helden - Heroisierungen - Heroismen"

Further information

• DOI: 10.6094/heroicum/ske1.0.20240625
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2515161
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 14.08.2025, 10:56 AM CEST