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Suspect Saints and Holy Heretics

- Disputed Sanctity and Communal Identity in Late Medieval Italy

About Suspect Saints and Holy Heretics

In Suspect Saints and Holy Heretics Janine Larmon Peterson investigates regional saints whose holiness was contested. She scrutinizes the papacy's toleration of unofficial saints' cults and its response when their devotees challenged church authority about a cult's merits or the saint's orthodoxy. As she demonstrates, communities that venerated...

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781501742347
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 270
  • Published:
  • December 14, 2019
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x25 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 907 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 12, 2024

Description of Suspect Saints and Holy Heretics

In Suspect Saints and Holy Heretics Janine Larmon Peterson investigates regional saints whose holiness was contested. She scrutinizes the papacy's toleration of unofficial saints' cults and its response when their devotees challenged church authority about a cult's merits or the saint's orthodoxy. As she demonstrates, communities that venerated...

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