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Saints and Cities in Medieval Italy (Paperback)
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Saints and Cities in Medieval Italy (Paperback)
Series: Manchester Medieval Sources
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The saints’ Lives in this book were written in Italy in the
thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Here translated into English
and in full for the first time, they shed light on the ways in
which both lay men and women sought God in the urban environment,
and how they were understood and described by contemporaries. Only
one of these saints (Homobonus of Cremona) was formally canonised
by the Pope: the others were locally venerated within the
communities which had nurtured them. Raimondo Palmario of Piacenza,
contemporary with Homobonus, was remembered as both pilgrim and a
vigorous exponent of practical charity. The nobleman Andrea
Gallerani of Siena turned from a life of violence to good works,
while another Sienese, the holy comb-seller Pier Pettinaio,
exemplified the godly business man who insisted on the just price
and on paying his taxes. Two very different women are included:
Umiliana de’Cerchi of Florence, a widow with children, and the
‘servant-saint’ Zita of Lucca. The last of the Lives contains a
bishop's account of how the cult of the humble Rigo was launched in
Treviso in 1315. The book will welcomed by students and other
readers interested in medieval Italian cities during this period of
growth and vitality, and in how the religious life was lived in
urban settings. -- .
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