Contested Canonizations : The Last Medieval Saints, 1482-1523 /

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Pope John Paul II famously canonized more saints than all his predecessors combined. Several of these candidates were controversial. To this day there remain holy men and women "on the books" of the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints whose canonization would provoke consi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Finucane, Ronald C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Church history > Middle Ages.
Church history.
Christian saints.
Canonization.
HISTORY > Renaissance.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Angelology & Demonology.
Église > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Église > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Saints chretiens > Histoire.
Canonisation > Histoire.
Church history > 16th century.
Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Christian saints > History.
Canonization > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Saint-making at the end of the Middle Ages
  • The embattled friar : Bonaventure (c. 1220-74, cd. 1482)
  • The good duke : Leopold of Austria (c. 1073-1136, cd. 1485)
  • The hermit-ambassador : Francis of Paola (c. 1416-1507, cd. 1519)
  • The reforming friar-archbishop : Antoninus of Florence (1389-1459, cd. 1523)
  • Luther's devil-god : Benno of Meissen (c. 1040-1106, cd. 1523)
  • Conclusion.

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