This article covers the history of the sanctuary of St. Matthew at San Marco in Lamis (Gargano, Apulia), dealing with the environmental and cultural context of its development. Hence, the different evolutive stages of this sacred place – originally a Benedictine abbey named after St. John – are here reconstructed: from the hypothetical Longobard origins, to the Benedictine phase (11th century) and the Cistercian times until the arrival of the Franciscans (16th century). A set of considerations is proposed on the significance of worship for St. Matthew and on the devotion to the tooth relic, which are investigated against the backdrop of the rural and pastoral context where these phenomena developed. The research finally shows how, and to wh...
The article analyzes the public use of an icon in the early modern era, namely a Lamenting Virgin, p...
EEvery time the earth shakes, Vesuvius erupts or a new and deadly epidemic appears, the request of d...
Il contributo intende analizzare alcune dinamiche sottese alla diffusione del culto micaelico nell'I...
The three sanctuaries of St. Michael at Monte Sant'Angelo, St. Matthew at San Marco in Lamis and St....
Starting from a critical review both on the relation space/place and on the concept of sacred places...
The Lombards of Benevento with the Apparitio seem to have an ambitious project: to "rewrite" the his...
This article focuses on the relationship between sanctuaries and territory, taking into a special ac...
The aim is, on the one hand, take note of the research conducted on the cult of St Michael in Italy ...
The presentation of the Sanctuary of "San Matteo" in San Marco in Lamis involves an introduction rep...
Attraverso le pagine che seguono si cercherà di individuare le forme e i modi secondo cui ordini rel...
The article investigates the medieval lore of the hagiographic legend Memoria sancti Michaelis (BHL ...
This contribution aims at investigating historical and religious features of a sanctuary located in ...
The article examines three engravings, depicting the Sacro Monte (Holy Mountain) at Varallo, one of ...
Il culto di san Michele Arcangelo, giunto in Occidente nel V secolo, ha trovato sul Monte Gargano le...
The cult of relics connects the many stories of transfers and dismemberment of holy bodies, that cha...
The article analyzes the public use of an icon in the early modern era, namely a Lamenting Virgin, p...
EEvery time the earth shakes, Vesuvius erupts or a new and deadly epidemic appears, the request of d...
Il contributo intende analizzare alcune dinamiche sottese alla diffusione del culto micaelico nell'I...
The three sanctuaries of St. Michael at Monte Sant'Angelo, St. Matthew at San Marco in Lamis and St....
Starting from a critical review both on the relation space/place and on the concept of sacred places...
The Lombards of Benevento with the Apparitio seem to have an ambitious project: to "rewrite" the his...
This article focuses on the relationship between sanctuaries and territory, taking into a special ac...
The aim is, on the one hand, take note of the research conducted on the cult of St Michael in Italy ...
The presentation of the Sanctuary of "San Matteo" in San Marco in Lamis involves an introduction rep...
Attraverso le pagine che seguono si cercherà di individuare le forme e i modi secondo cui ordini rel...
The article investigates the medieval lore of the hagiographic legend Memoria sancti Michaelis (BHL ...
This contribution aims at investigating historical and religious features of a sanctuary located in ...
The article examines three engravings, depicting the Sacro Monte (Holy Mountain) at Varallo, one of ...
Il culto di san Michele Arcangelo, giunto in Occidente nel V secolo, ha trovato sul Monte Gargano le...
The cult of relics connects the many stories of transfers and dismemberment of holy bodies, that cha...
The article analyzes the public use of an icon in the early modern era, namely a Lamenting Virgin, p...
EEvery time the earth shakes, Vesuvius erupts or a new and deadly epidemic appears, the request of d...
Il contributo intende analizzare alcune dinamiche sottese alla diffusione del culto micaelico nell'I...