Revelation in Iacopone da Todi’s Laudes

U aktualnim raspravama “Laude” Iacoponea da Todija smatraju se ogledalom i dokumentom teškoga života jednoga čudaka i fratra izopćenika, grješnika i pokajnika, nekom vrstom molitvenika. No analiza tematsko-motivske veze njegovih Lauda s Otkrivenjem prikazuje ih kao apokaliptičke, duhovnjačke, pa i krivovjerne. Pritom se uzima u obzir činjenica da je Iacopone pripadao franjevcima duhovnjacima, te autorica u nastavku propituje Iacoponeovu kritiku Rimske crkve, klera i, posebice, pape Bonifacija VIII., s pozicije franjevaca apokaliptika. U završnim opservacijama autorica daje prikaz Iacoponeovih uvjerenja da se u vezi s papinskim aktivnostima pojavljuju znaci što navješćuju kataklizmički kraj povijesti i svijeta te dolazak Sudnjega dana.In the actual discussions Iacopone da Todi’s Laudes are witness to the troubled life of the wandering ascetic and excommunicated friar, sinner and penitent. His Laudes are a sort of Prayer book, but the analysis of themes and motifs in his poetry connects them with the Book of Revelation and presents them as being apocalyptic, spiritual and even heretical. At the same time the fact is accepted that Iacopone was connected with the apocalyptical Spiritual Franciscans and from that severe and radical position the author shows that he was steadfast in condemning the mainstream church, clergy and the Pope Boniface VIII. Final observations offer the presentation of Iacopone’s convictions that, in relation to the papal activities, the cataclysmic end of the history and the world is approaching