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St. Felix of Cantalice (c. 1515 – 1587): A Saint of the Roman streets in Central European Context
St. Felix of Cantalice (c. 1515 – 1587): A Saint of the Roman streets in Central European Context // 6th International Hagiotheca Conference: Saints of Rome: Diffusion and Reception from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period
Rim, Italija, 2017. (predavanje, nije recenziran, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni)
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Naslov
St. Felix of Cantalice (c. 1515 – 1587): A Saint
of the Roman streets in Central European Context
Autori
Alviž, Josipa
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni
Skup
6th International Hagiotheca Conference: Saints of Rome: Diffusion and Reception from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period
Mjesto i datum
Rim, Italija, 04.10.2017. - 06.10.2017
Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje
Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran
Ključne riječi
Saint Felix of Cantalice, hagiography, iconography, Capuchin Reform, Central Europe
Sažetak
Born in Cantalice on the north-western border of the Abruzzo (Lazio) around 1515, Felice Porro worked as a farm labourer and a shepherd in Cittaducale. Inspired by the lives of the desert fathers, he was drawn by the ideal of the solitary life and entered the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in 1544. Having spent two years in various Capuchin monasteries, he went to Rome in 1547 where he remained until his death on May 18, 1587. As a lay brother in the Monastery of San Bonaventura in Rome, he begged for alms for his brothers and the poor―first only bread, later wine and oil as well. Felix, however, not only begged, but also provided spiritual and physical healing in the houses of the rich and the poor for forty years. He devoted his night to prayer and spiritual preparation for his daily service and meeting the citizens of Rome. Humbly, he thanked everyone with “thanks be to God”, so he came to be called Brother Deo Gratias (frate Deo gratias). The leaders of the Church asked this unlearned friar for spiritual advice: Charles Borromeo, Pope Sixtus V whose future papacy he predicted, or Philip Neri who proclaimed him the greatest living saint. Paragon of Capuchin holiness, Felix was canonized in 1712 and became the first saint of his Order. In tandem with the Church reform ushered in by the Council of Trent, Felix’s hagiography and iconography had a huge impact on the spiritual and visual identity of the Capuchin Order. This paper will elaborate on the process of the formation of the saint’s iconography to provide an insight into the mechanisms of dissemination of the veneration of Saint Felix beyond the Apennine Peninsula during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with particular emphasis on his visual representations throughout Central Europe.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
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