To cast a stone and unburden the soul. The experience of deliverance from sin in rituals of indulgence in early sixteenth-century Italy
1. IntroductionIn 1530, during the pastoral visitation to the churches of his diocese, the bishop of Verona, Gian Matteo Giberti (1495-1543), granted eighty days of indulgence to anyone who threw an equal number of stones on their way to the parish church of Lavagno. The bishop entrusted the bull t...
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Memini
2022
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| Shrnutí: | 1. IntroductionIn 1530, during the pastoral visitation to the churches of his diocese, the bishop of Verona, Gian Matteo Giberti (1495-1543), granted eighty days of indulgence to anyone who threw an equal number of stones on their way to the parish church of Lavagno. The bishop entrusted the bull to the local Corpus Christi fraternity, whose members were then appointed to introduce and establish the practice among the village and neighboring communities.This was not, for early sixteenth-cent... |
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