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Ultimo aggiornamento: 25 May 2021
Kuzmova S.
Preaching Saint Stanislaus
Medieval Sermons on Saint Stanislaus of Cracov, His Image and Cult
DiG, Warszawa 2013
Scheda a cura di: Kuzmova S.
445 pp.
St. Stanislaus, bishop of Cracow,
died as a martyr in 1079 as a result of a conflict with Boleslaus II, the king
of Poland.
Stanislaus was canonised in 1253,
and the city of Cracow became the centre of his cult, which in the course of
the Middle Ages spread throughout Poland and to neighbouring countries. (...) This study examines the preaching on
the martyr-bishop and the relationship between the sermons, the construction of
his image and the operation, spread, and functions of his cult.
It offers a comprehensive analysis
of the sermon corpus within the late medieval discourse on St. Stanislaus
from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century. It presents, catalogues, and
analyzes 80 largely unpublished Latin sermons and preaching materials, gathered
from an investigation of 100 manuscripts, and presents editions of a selection
of them. The work contributes not only to our
understanding of the development of the cult of St. Stanislaus but also to the
study of representation of sanctity and of the he preaching and religious
communication in the region of Central Europe.
A cura di Vlatka Gott
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