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Roberto Angelini

La «Vita sancti Iohannis Gualberti» di Andrea da Genova (BHL 4402)

Premessa di Francesco Salvestrini

PB pp. LIV-178, € 42,00

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2011
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978-88-8450-381-7
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This critical edition of the fifteenth century Vita Iohannis Gualberti (BHL 4402), acknowledged by the scholarly tradition of Vallombrosa as the most complete biography of the Order's founder, is based on the oldest manuscript, Florence, State Archive, Religious Orders suppressed by the French Government (Corporazioni Religiose Soppresse dal Governo Francese) 260, 223, thought to be signed by the author, Andrea da Genova, and constitutes the first printed edition of the work. This is a hagiography which comprises the major narratives on the founding saint of Vallombrosa, preserving the salient characteristics of his austere cenobitic rule and strict observance of the priesthood, but above all his constant efforts against corruption in the Church, especially simony. The resurfacing of these themes in the fifteenth century and in a geographical area extending beyond the Tuscan abbey to the more far-flung Ligurian monasteries of the congregation corresponds to many instances linked not only to Vallumbrosan monasticism, but also to the historical period following the Great Schism and the election of Pope Martin V.
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