The Saint and the Chopped-Up Baby The Cult of Vincent Ferrer in Medieval and Early Modern Europe【電子書籍】[ Laura Ackerman Smoller ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Vincent Ferrer (1350?1419), a celebrated Dominican preacher from Valencia, was revered as a living saint during his lifetime, receiving papal canonization within fifty years of his death.＜/strong＞ In ＜em＞The Saint and the Chopped-Up Baby＜/em＞, Laura Ackerman Smoller recounts the fascinating story of how Vincent became the subject of widespread devotion, ranging from the saint's tomb in Brittany to cult centers in Spain, Italy, France, Germany, and Latin America, where Vincent is still venerated today. Along the way, Smoller traces the long and sometimes contentious process of establishing a stable image of a new saint.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Vincent came to be epitomized by a singularly arresting miracle tale in which a mother kills, chops up, and cooks her own baby, only to have the child restored to life by the saint's intercession. This miracle became a key emblem in the official portrayal of the saint promoted by the papal court and the Dominican order, still haunted by the memory of th．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る