Making Saints in a Glocal Religion. Practices of Holiness in Early Modern Catholicism Deutsches Historisches Institut in Rom, Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Universität Bern

Holiness in the early modern period was a complex system of beliefs and practices that responded to varied, and often conflicting, social, cultural, and spiritual needs. Like other expressions of piety, the early modern cult of saints was profoundly reshaped by the post-Tridentine Church’s attempts...

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Published inQuellen und Forschungen aus italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken Vol. 102; no. 1; pp. 491 - 501
Main Authors Beeli, Giuanna, Camenzind, Lukas, Rogger, Nicolas
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin Walter de Gruyter GmbH 15.11.2022
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Catholicism
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Summary:Holiness in the early modern period was a complex system of beliefs and practices that responded to varied, and often conflicting, social, cultural, and spiritual needs. Like other expressions of piety, the early modern cult of saints was profoundly reshaped by the post-Tridentine Church’s attempts to impose uniformity and the concomitant expansion of Catholicism to overseas territories. Because of this creative tension, curial bodies in Rome often found themselves mediating between increasingly strict definitions of sanctity and local societies’ desire for official recognition of regional cults.
ISSN:0079-9068
1865-8865
DOI:10.1515/qufiab-2022-0024