Petrus Damiani, Romuald, and We. Considerations of a Camaldolese dealing with his auctores
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https://doi.org/10.6092/1593-2214/25Keywords:
Middle Ages, Monasticism, 11th Century, Hagiography, Romualdo di Ravenna, Petrus Damiani, Giovanni di LodiAbstract
The author, a Camaldolese monk, points out two different approaches towards Romuald and Petrus Damiani, two personalities who contributed to initiating the hermit tradition to which he himself belongs: Romuald, a less historical than mythical character, seems to be better endowed than Petrus Damiani, who is a more historical than mythical figure, in order to win the favour of today's readers. In a critical discussion of such a paradox, the author analyzes the two saints' hagiographic features, drawing upon Petrus Damiani's Vita Romualdi and Johannes of Lodi's Vita Petri Damiani; he examines the relationship between the saint and the hagiographer, and the elements of auto-hagiography that result from the letters of the prior of Fonte Avellana, and a few aspects of his idea of sanctity.Downloads
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